Democrats demand 'emergency hearings' as Trump replaces Sessions with Russia probe critic

Democrats have called for emergency hearings in Congress after Donald Trump appointed a vocal critic of the Russia investigation as acting attorney general to replace Jeff Sessions.  Matt Whitaker, Mr Sessions’s former chief of staff, will now oversee Robert Mueller’s probe into 2016 Russian election meddling despite repeatedly criticising the scope of the investigation.  Mr Whitaker was a legal commentator before joining the Justice Department last year, and he echoed the president by...