Trump to attorney: Stop Sessions from recusing himself from Russia probe, sources say

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTThe New York Times News Service
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House’s top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Trump’s associates had helped a Russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election.
Public pressure was building for Sessions, who had been a senior member of the Trump campaign, to step aside. But the White