Shelby: 'Jeff Sessions Deserves Better' Than Trump Attacks

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions shouldn't be subject to repeated attacks from President Donald Trump.

"He deserves better than this," Shelby said on CNN. "He is not the president's personal lawyer, he is the attorney general of the United States."

Shelby previous defended Sessions in a series of tweets highlighting their long relationship in the Senate.

During the past twenty years that I have served with Jeff Sessions in the Senate, I have had the opportunity to know him well. 1/3

— Richard Shelby (@SenShelby) July 25, 2017

Jeff Sessions is a man of integrity, loyalty, and extraordinary character. 2/3

— Richard Shelby (@SenShelby) July 25, 2017

I join the people of Alabama in giving Jeff Sessions my deep respect and unwavering support. 3/3

— Richard Shelby (@SenShelby) July 25, 2017

Co-host Poppy Harlow brought up Trump's latest tweet about Sessions, which the senator described as "way out of bounds" on the president's part.

Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

...big dollars ($700,000) for his wife's political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017

"I think Jeff Sessions deserves better than he's getting," Shelby said, "and I do believe that he has a lot of friends, he has a lot of respect around the country. He's a man of integrity, and that's a job for integrity."

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