As the press left the room the secretaries sat silent. The president bringing up immigration without recognizing Nielsen or Sessions was a bad omen. Once the doors again closed and the press had been ushered out, the conversation about immigration continued. Attorney General Sessions, the target of Trump’s ire because of his recusal in the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, asserted that Nielsen could stop anyone from crossing the border. Nielsen felt panicked, believing not only that Sessions was throwing her under the bus to look tough in front of the president, but that was not
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