In this April 28, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Central Islip, N.Y. Sessions has directed the nation’s federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for far longer terms. […]
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Tight budgets could complicate Sessions' vow to fight crime
In this Friday, March 10, 2017, photo, Oakland police detectives and FBI agents work together in the offices of the Oakland Safe Streets Task Force in Oakland, Calif. Standing at left is Oakland homicide detective Jason Turner. The federal government already plays a big role in fighting violent crime in cities, through grants and partnerships. […]
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Sessions' recusal warns of continued pressure on Russia meddling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions may not have been clear about his contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 election, but this much is: The controversy over any Kremlin involvement in American politics is not going to fade away anytime soon. Sessions on Thursday became the second high-ranking member of the Trump administration […]
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President Trump says no reason for Jeff Sessions to leave Russia probe
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and others, waves to a small crowd of supporters upon his arrival at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. WASHINGTON — A growing number of Republicans joined Democratic leaders Thursday in calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step aside […]
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AG Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any Russia probe
Updated 4:10 p.m.: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. Following allegations that the U.S. attorney general provided misleading information to a Senate hearing in January about his contacts with Russian officials, Maine lawmakers are calling on him to resign […]
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Jeff Sessions spoke twice with Russian ambassador during campaign
Sessions spoke twice with Russian ambassador during Trump’s presidential campaign Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice in 2016 with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, but did not mention this during his confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general. Sessions was asked about possible contacts between President Trump’s campaign and the Russian government. (Victoria […]
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Liberals right to fear Sessions, Gorsuch
WASHINGTON — When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell silenced Elizabeth Warren last week as she was reading Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter denouncing Jeff Sessions, he jogged the memory of another Massachusetts Democrat, Rep. William Keating. “I went to bed that evening seeing what was occurring,” Keating said in an interview, “and when I woke […]
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Jeff Sessions promises to be fair, defy Trump if needed
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions cast himself as a strong protector of law and order at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, promising that as attorney general he would crack down on illegal immigration, gun violence and the “scourge of radical Islamic terrorism.” Sessions, echoing rhetoric used on the campaign trail by President-elect Donald Trump, warned of […]