washington aid u.s. president donald trump urge fire attorney general jeff sessions despite rifts two men source familiar internal white house conversations say wednesday media report sessions offer resign recently surface early week add pressure trump former fbi director jam comey abruptly fire last month prepare testify congress thursday interactions president trump accept sessions resignation offer advise keep attorney general place least time two source say political legal advisers inside white house tell trump past month fire sessions would create another political fire storm make difficult fill key job inside administration source say condition anonymity advice give might listen advice one source say senior white house official confirm aid urge trump keep sessions say best man job spokeswoman justice department decline comment trump repeatedly shrug advice close aid early week say justice department lead sessions wrong submit water politically correct version propose travel ban people several muslim-majority countries supreme court outburst weaken government lawyers defense travel ban block federal court intend ban muslims sessions offer resign tensions trump decision recuse federal investigation tie trump associate russian officials russia allegedly meddle 2016 u.s. presidential election accord media report former senator sessions one first senior republican lawmakers endorse trump presidential candidate play important role campaign recuse russia investigation march fail disclose meet russia ambassador washington trump sessions together white house may 17 deputy attorney general rod rosenstein surprise appoint former fbi director robert mueller special counsel head russia investigation learn news trump lash sessions blame recuse russia probe leave ability appoint outside investigator rosenstein hand source say trump also complain sessions warn rosenstein decision justice department say sessions play part decision trump aid tell keep sessions u.s. attorney general source