Sessions Vows More Leak Prosecutions in Wake of Trump Criticism

  • ‘People need to go to jail,’ attorney general says on Fox News
  • Sessions hasn’t given any indication he’ll step down from job

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to ramp up criminal investigations into leaks of sensitive information, his first comments on the issue since a series of tweets from President Donald Trump taunting him for being too weak.

"Some people need to go to jail," Sessions said Thursday in an interview with Tucker Carlson of Fox News. "If we can make cases, they are going to jail."