636 that he needed to do the “right thing” and resign. While Hicks and Lewandowski were together, the President called Hicks and told her he was happy with how coverage of his New York Times interview criticizing Sessions 637 was playing out. 4. The President Orders Priebus to Demand Sessions’s Resignation Three days later, on July 21, 2017, the Washington Post reported that U.S. intelligence intercepts showed that Sessions had discussed campaign-related matters with the Russian ambassador, contrary to what Sessions had said 638 publicly. That evening, Priebus called Hunt to talk about whether Sessions 639 might be fired or might resign. Priebus had previously talked to Hunt when the media had reported on tensions between Sessions and the President, and, after speaking to Sessions, Hunt had told Priebus that the President would have to fire Sessions if he wanted to remove Sessions because Sessions was not going 640 to quit. According to Hunt, who took contemporaneous notes of the July 21 call, Hunt told Priebus that, as they had previously discussed, Sessions had no 641 intention of resigning. Hunt asked Priebus what the President would accomplish by firing Sessions, pointing out there was an investigation before and 642 there would be an investigation after. Early the following morning, July 22, 2017, the President tweeted, “A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post, this time against 643 A.G. Jeff Sessions. These illegal leaks, like Comey’s, must stop!” Approximately one hour later, the President tweeted, “So many people are asking why isn’t the A.G. or Special Council looking at the many Hillary Clinton 644 or Comey crimes. 33,000 e-mails deleted?” Later that morning, while aboard Marine One on the way to Norfolk, Virginia, the President told Priebus that he 645 had to get Sessions to resign immediately. The President said that the country 646 had lost confidence in Sessions and the negative publicity was not tolerable. According to contemporaneous notes taken by Priebus, the President told Priebus to say that he “need[ed] a letter of resignation on [his] desk immediately” and that Sessions had “no choice” but “must immediately 647 resign.” Priebus replied that if they fired Sessions, they would never get a new Attorney General confirmed and that the Department of Justice and