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- Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the Justice Department would "not be improperly influenced by political considerations."
- Sessions' statement was in response to Trump's accusation that Sessions did not take "control" of the Justice Department.
- Trump appeared to mock Sessions' statement this week by telling him to "look into all of the corruption" of his critics and those investigating him.
Donald Trump has returned fire in a dispute with his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling on him to "look into all of the corruption" of his critics and those investigating him, including Hillary Clinton, James Comey, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Session issued a rare rebuke of the president on Thursday after Trump accused Sessions of not taking "control" of the Justice Department in a Fox News interview earlier this week, to which Trump responded in a pair of tweets.
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