per ly , ▁he ▁was ▁press ured ▁to ▁res ign ▁in ▁early ▁July , ▁with ▁some ▁suggesting ▁that ▁President ▁Cl inton ▁was ▁giving ▁S essions ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁step ▁down ▁in ▁a ▁dign ified ▁manner . ▁S essions ▁refused , ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁done ▁nothing ▁wrong , ▁and ▁ins isted ▁on ▁stay ing ▁in ▁office ▁until ▁his ▁successor ▁was ▁confirmed . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁President ▁Cl inton ▁dismiss ed ▁S essions ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁five ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁years ▁into ▁a ▁ten - year ▁term . ▁Cl inton ' s ▁public ▁explanation ▁was ▁that ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁loss ▁of ▁confidence ▁in ▁S essions ’ ▁leadership , ▁and ▁then - Att orney ▁General ▁Ren o ▁recommended ▁the ▁dismiss al . ▁ ▁Ron ald ▁K ess ler ' s ▁book , ▁The ▁F BI : ▁Inside ▁the ▁World ' s ▁Most ▁Power ful ▁Law ▁En for cement ▁Agency , ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁dismiss al ▁by ▁President ▁Cl inton ▁of ▁S essions ▁as ▁F BI ▁director ▁over ▁his ▁ab uses . ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post , ▁" A ▁Justice ▁Department ▁official ... not ed ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁charges ▁against ▁S essions ▁came ▁not ▁from ▁F BI ▁agents ▁but ▁from ▁a ▁journalist , ▁Ron ald ▁K ess ler ▁[ who ▁un cover ed ▁the ▁ab uses ▁while ▁writing ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁the ▁F BI , ▁leading ▁to ▁S essions ' ▁dismiss al ▁by ▁President ▁Cl inton ] ..." ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁said ▁K