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The president said it was a «terrible mistake» for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

On June 6, she sent a letter to David Bernhardt, President Trump's nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Interior, asking him to recuse himself from overseeing the Cadiz water extraction project.

Holder said Tuesday that he recused himself from the DOJ's investigation into the leak of classified information to the AP.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia judge presiding over the criminal case for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn has been recused from handling the case, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

The spokeswoman, Lisa Klem, did not say why Contreras was recused and added that the case was randomly reassigned.

«If reports are accurate that Attorney General Sessions — a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump — met with Ambassador Kislyak during the campaign, and failed to disclose this fact during his confirmation, it is essential that he recuse himself from any role in the investigation of Trump campaign ties to the Russians,» said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

«It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general can not, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump - Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately,» Franken said.

I'll therefore recuse myself from the «Guantanamo» series as long as the Weinstein Company is involved.»

Federal ethics rules do not require government officials to sell off their investments but they must recuse themselves from matters that would affect those investments.

This particular case also has the rare chance to end in a tie; Elena Kagan will recuse herself from the case because she worked on it from 2009 to 2010, when she was the US» solicitor general.

In March, Sessions recused himself from the ongoing investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, due to his role as an advisor on the Trump campaign.

Musk has recused himself from voting on the deal, but that doesn't stop him from doing media interviews, where he claims he expects a two - thirds majority in favor of the merger.

Trump became enraged with Sessions when he recused himself from anything to do with the Russia investigation, a decision that continues to rankle the president.

Many Democrats, including Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel, called for Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation after he met last week with an unidentified source at the White House complex, accusing him of colluding with the White House.

At that point Pearlstine recused himself from any involvement with this article.

Sessions has been a target of Trump's ire since he recused himself last March from the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election, following reports that he was not forthcoming during his Senate confirmation hearing about his contacts with Russian officials during the campaign.

You should excuse yourself from it, or recuse yourself from it,» he said.

But he recused himself anyway following The Journal's report about his wife's campaign.

Rosenstein's boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself from overseeing the inquiry.

Musk has recused himself from voting on the issue at either company, but his previous actions raise eyebrows.

Trump ordered top White House attorney Donald F. McGahn II as well as several other members of his staff to convince Sessions not to recuse himself.

And with Attorney General Jeff Sessions having recused himself from all Russia - related matters, that responsibility would fall on Rosenstein, who said he is «confident» Mueller «has full independence» to conduct the investigation.

The Federal Reserve Board announced Friday that Vice Chairman Randal Quarles recused himself from any matters concerning Wells Fargo.

At its core, Milner's decision to recuse himself from a company's board reflects the importance he places on the founder's abilities to scale a company.

Importantly, I recused myself not because of any asserted wrongdoing on my part during the campaign, but because a Department of Justice regulation, 28 CFR 45.2, required it.

On Wednesday, Trump told The New York Times that he wouldn't have hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the investigation into Russia's election interference and whether his campaign team collaborated at all.

Because Sessions had recused himself from Russia - related matters, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller after Trump fired Comey on May 9.

I recused myself from any investigation into the campaigns for president, but I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations.

Following reports that he misled lawmakers about his Russia contacts during his confirmation hearing last year, Sessions recused himself from the FBI's Russia investigation and any matters related to the Trump campaign.

In response to questions about whether Sessions» involvement in requesting the OIG review violated the scope of his recusal, a DOJ representative said, «The AG is not recused from personnel and misconduct issues related to the management of the department.»

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

Though he subsequently recused himself from the panel's Russia investigation, Nunes continued to maintain a critical role in its day - to - day activities relating to the investigation.

He has repeatedly called Sessions — who recused himself in March from all matters relating to the 2016 campaigns and the Russia investigation after it emerged that he had not disclosed his conversations with Kislyak — a «weak» attorney general, and urged the DOJ and Republicans to investigate Clinton and the Democrats for their alleged «collusion» with the Russians.

Trump's attacks against Sessions intensified last summer, when the president said he would not have tapped the «beleaguered» former Alabama senator for attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself.

In addition to those events, investigators will also likely ask Trump about his heightened anger toward attorney general Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from the Russia probe last year.

The New York Times reports that this week Comey met with the Deputy Attorney General — Rod Rosenstein, who is standing in for the recused Sessions on the Russia matter, and who wrote the memo justifying the Comey firing — to request a significant increase in personnel and resources for the Russia investigation.

And since Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from the investigation, Rosenstein is acting in that capacity.

He added that he did not tell Sessions about the conversation, which he took notes on, because he had information to suggest that Sessions would soon recuse himself from the investigation.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who leads the House Oversight Committee, tweeted on Thursday, «AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself.»

(«Get Mary Jo White recused from your SEC case!»

Only the White House Counsel's Office examines their assets to determine if there are potential conflicts, and to decide what steps employees must take to sell assets, resign positions or recuse themselves from decisions.

(Sessions is recused from oversight over the probe, but a new attorney general wouldn't necessarily be — and could rein it in.)

In a show of good faith, Musk, who is the chairman and biggest investor in both companies, recused himself from voting on the deal at the Tesla board meeting.

Given his level in the White House and broad portfolio, it's hard to see how he will recuse himself from everything that may impact his financial interest.»

Trump then said he would have chosen a different attorney general if he'd known Jeff Sessions was going to recuse himself from the Russia investigation and said that «many people» have said he should fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

The president also complained about Session's decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, a longtime sticking point for Trump, who felt that his top Justice Department official should have done more to protect him.

Both in private and in public (and on Twitter), Trump has mocked and harshly criticized Sessions since he recused himself from oversight of the Russia probe, in an apparent effort to pressure him into resigning.

Sessions» decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe left Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in charge, and angered the president, who has said if he knew in advance Sessions would do that, he would have picked someone else.

The Justice Department told Bloomberg in a statement that Sessions will make decisions on recusing himself from certain parts of the Cohen probe on a «matter - by - matter» basis.

The decision, reported by Bloomberg News, contrasts with his decision to recuse himself from the FBI's probe into Russian meddling and any potential collusion — which later became the special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller.