“At your request I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote in a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Sessions’ Chief of Staff, Matthew G. Whitaker would be the Acting Attorney General.
He wrote, “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well …We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.”
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has been rumored as a possible replacement.
