Sessions on Thursday recused himself from any investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, bowing to mounting bipartisan pressure after it was revealed he spoke to Moscow’s U.S. envoy during the campaign then denied doing so during his confirmation hearings. Washington Post reporter Robert Costa tweeted Saturday morning that President Trump left the […]
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Sessions Recuses Self From Russian Investigations
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself on Thursday from any Justice Department investigations into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election, as well as any inquiries into ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials. “I have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way […]
Sessions Lied During Confirmation Hearings About Meeting With Russia
Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general. One of the meetings was a private conversation […]
Trump’s AG nominee Jeff Sessions could terminate rule that protects state-legalized marijuana
The US marijuana industry’s vibrant growth in the grey area of federalism could be threatened by president-elect Donald Trump and his preferred choice for attorney general, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions. Sessions, an early backer of Trump’s presidential campaign and an outspoken critic of US immigration policy, is also an opponent of marijuana legalization. He has […]
Alabama Senator: Not sexual assault to grab genitals
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a top Donald Trump surrogate, said on Sunday that even if the GOP nominee actually grabbed a woman “by the pussy,” as he bragged about in a leaked tape from 2005, that behavior would not amount to sexual assault. “I don’t characterize that as sexual assault,” Sessions told The […]