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Jeff Sessions Resigns As Attorney General

WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) - President Trump tweeted Wednesday afternoon that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned. Matthew G. Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, will become acting attorney general.

"At your request, I am submitting my resignation," Sessions wrote to the president Wednesday.

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