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    Chaos and rivalries in the White House and the cabinet

    Washington veterans agree that no president has ever attacked his own Attorney General the way Donald Trump has gone after Jeff Sessions.  One former Senate colleague predicts "holy hell to pay" if Trump fires the nation's top law enforcement officer.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 27, 2017 • 1 min read

    Washington veterans agree that no president has ever attacked his own Attorney General the way Donald Trump has gone after Jeff Sessions. One former Senate colleague predicts "holy hell to pay" if Trump fires the nation's top law enforcement officer. Meantime, the new communications director says he and the chief of staff are "brothers"… like Cain and Abel, suggesting one won't survive. Early in the President's term, is he heading for a "constitutional crisis?"

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Ed Luce

      Financial Times

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      Bob Bauer

      New York University Law School

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      David French

      Columnist, The Dispatch and Time magazine

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