For more than a year, as Trump has publicly lambasted (now former) Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe, journalists have be boning up on the Vacancies Act. Depending on how Trump chose to get rid of Sessions when the time finally came, he could potentially run afoul of the act, which limits who a president can temporarily place in a cabinet-level job after firing the person in that job.
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November 7, 2018 5:01 p.m.
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