During a furious row in the White House attorney general Eric Holder and top Obama political adviser, David Axelrod, “had to be separated” after squaring up to each other.

David Axelrod had accused Eric Holder of being piblically annoyed at political interference in the justice department, headed up by Holder.

It is alleged that Mr Axelrod told the attorney general: “Don’t ever, ever accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the Justice Department”, a taboo in US politics.

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