发表时间: 2018-11-08 04:21:46作者:
塞申斯宣布辞去美国司法部长。(图片来源:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
【看中国2018年11月8日讯】据美联社11月7日消息,因回避对俄罗斯干预美国选举的调查而遭到批评一年多之后,美国司法部长杰夫.塞申斯(Jeff Sessions)在7日宣布辞职。
塞申斯在递交给川普总统的一封信中宣布辞职,他写道,他的辞职是应川普总统的要求。
11月7日,川普总统在个人推特上宣布,他任命来自爱荷华州前检察官马修.惠特克(Matthew Whitaker)接替塞申斯,担任代理司法部长。川普总统写道:“我们感谢司法部长塞申斯的工作,并祝福他!正式的司法部长人选将在以后得到提名。”
We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
....We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018