PHOTOS Jeff Sessions' time in the Trump administration
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Jeff Sessions was one of Donald Trump's earliest supporters in 2016. But after the president named the Alabama senator to become his attorney general, their relationship frayed amid Sessions' recusal from the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling. Sessions' removal will likely be the subject of congressional scrutiny from House Democrats who took back the chamber in Tuesday's midterm elections, and leaves the fate of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe in doubt.