President Trump spent a part of July publicly lashing out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but, according to a Thursday New York Times report, he also did so privately and with great intensity months prior.

President Trump spent a part of July publicly lashing out at his attorney general, but, according to a Thursday New York Times report, he also did so privately and with great intensity months prior. 
“Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting and said the attorney general should resign, according to current and former administration officials and others briefed on the matter,” notes the Times.
Reportedly included in Trump’s verbal onslaught were insults and an assigning of blame for the appointment of special counsel. 
According to inside sources, Sessions soon after submitted a letter of his intention to vacate his position, which Trump ultimately rejected. 
The Times notes, “Mr. Sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating experience in decades of public life.”
Trump's criticism of Sessions continued and in July, the president posted a series of tweets directly aimed at the attorney general.
“Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers," Trump said in one tweet.
“So why aren’t the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes & Russia relations?” the president noted in another post.
Despite Trump's public attacks, Sessions remained supportive of the president.
“We inside this Department of Justice will continue every single day to work hard to serve the national interest and to wholeheartedly join in the priorities of President Trump," Sessions said at a press conference in July while announcing his intention to stay as attorney general.