The White House and Justice Department had previously declined to turn over the memo, which was obtained by BuzzFeed News in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
Trump tweeted that afternoon that Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, would be taking over as the acting attorney general until a replacement was confirmed. The obtained presidential memorandum, dated Nov. 8, does not make clear when Sessions' resignation took effect or when Whitaker actually began serving as acting attorney general.
In it, the head of the Office Legal Counsel, Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel, did not provide specifics about the timing of Whitaker's appointment — only saying that Trump designated Whitaker as acting attorney general"[a]fter" Sessions resigned.
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