Updated at 5:34 p.m. ET
Jeff Sessions, the president’s earliest and most fervent supporter in Congress, resigned under pressure as attorney general on Wednesday after brutal criticism from the president, bringing an abrupt end to his controversial tenure as the nation’s top law enforcement officer.
Sessions noted in his resignation letter to the president that he was stepping down “at your request.”
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