Jeff Sessions Just Resigned as Attorney General. Here’s a Timeline of His Rocky Relationship With President Trump

President Donald Trump forced Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign Wednesday, a long-anticipated development in a relationship that has grown increasingly rocky during the past two years.

While Sessions was an early supporter of Trump's candidacy, their relationship suffered early in Trump's presidency when Sessions recused himself from investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election — a decision for which Trump has since repeatedly excoriated him.