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Filed Under:Attorney general, Jeff Sessions, resigns
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WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) – President Trump tweeted Wednesday afternoon that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned. Matthew G. Whitaker, Sessions’ chief of staff, will become acting attorney general.

“At your request, I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote to the president Wednesday.

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