--- title: Trump Slams Sessions in Early Morning Tweets description: President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a series of tweets early Tuesday morning canonical: https://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-25T11:58:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:42:52.296Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Tweets Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is ‘Very Weak’ on Hillary Clinton og:description: Trump continued his public criticism of Sessions on Twitter early Tuesday morning og:url: https://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e3c8fc98630065/6988d70497cdffac466b1bb3/trump-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump Hosts an Opioid and Drug Abuse Listening Session og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Tweets Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is ‘Very Weak’ on Hillary Clinton twitter:description: Trump continued his public criticism of Sessions on Twitter early Tuesday morning twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e3c8fc98630065/6988d70497cdffac466b1bb3/trump-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Tweets Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is ‘Very Weak’ on Hillary Clinton by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Jul 25, 2017 11:58 AM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump listens during an opioid and drug abuse listening session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump listens during an opioid and drug abuse listening session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Jul 25, 2017 11:58 AM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/) [doubled down](http://time.com/4865764/president-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-new-york-times-interview/) on his public criticism of Attorney General [Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4866280/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-resign-recuse/) early Tuesday morning for taking “a very weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes.” “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC leaks) & Intel leakers!” Trump tweeted shortly after 6 a.m. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889790429398528000) Trump claimed Ukraine tried to “sabotage” his campaign, “quietly working to boost Clinton,” in another tweet on Tuesday. “So where is the investigation A.G. @seanhannity,” Trump tweeted. He included the Twitter handle for Fox News host Sean Hannity, one of Trump’s most vocal supporters, who often points to alleged scandals involving Hillary Clinton on his show. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889788202172780544) Trump also tweeted that acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who would be responsible for continuing any of the investigation into Clinton and who took over the position after Trump’s sudden decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, would do so with bias because of his connection to the Clintons. Trump suggested Clinton herself donated money to the 2015 Va. state senate campaign of McCabe’s wife, Jill McCabe. However, it was a political group associated with Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime friend of the Clintons, that donated almost $500,000 to the campaign, [according to the _Wall Street Journal_](https://www.wsj.com/articles/clinton-ally-aids-campaign-of-fbi-officials-wife-1477266114). > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889792764363276288) Trump publicly condemned Sessions [in an interview with the New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html) last week for recusing himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. In the interview, Trump said he would not have chosen Sessions for the top position in the Justice Department if he had known Sessions would recuse himself. Trump continued his criticism on Monday when he called Sessions “beleaguered” in [a tweet](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889467610332528641?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F4871278%2Fpresident-trump-jeff-sessions-resign%2F) that questioned why the attorney general was not investigating alleged “crimes” committed by Clinton. Trump also [rolled his eyes and smirked](http://time.com/4871278/president-trump-jeff-sessions-resign/) when a reporter asked if Sessions should resign. A spokesperson from the Justice Department has not responded to a request for comment. Last week, Sessions said he would not resign and continue his role “as long as that is appropriate.” Trump Slams Sessions in Early Morning Tweets ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"President Trump Tweets Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is ‘Very Weak’ on Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2017-07-25T11:58:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:42:52.296Z","description":"Trump continued his public criticism of Sessions on Twitter early Tuesday morning","url":"https://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e3c8fc98630065/6988d70497cdffac466b1bb3/trump-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e3c8fc98630065/6988d70497cdffac466b1bb3/trump-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump Hosts an Opioid and Drug Abuse Listening Session","caption":"President Donald Trump Hosts an Opioid and Drug Abuse Listening Session","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4872242/trump-tweet-sessions-hillary-clinton/","name":"President Trump Tweets Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is ‘Very Weak’ on Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```