Jeff Sessions

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Jefferson Beauregard Session III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 84th and US Attorney General since 2017. A Republican, Session served as United States Senator from Alabama from the year 1997 to 2017, resigned from a position to serve in the administration of Trump.

From 1981 to 1993, he served as US Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The session was nominated in 1986 to become a US District Court judge for the Southern District of Alabama, but was not confirmed. The elected session of Attorney General Alabama in 1994, and to the US Senate in 1996, was re-elected in 2002, 2008, and 2014. During his time in Congress, the Session was considered one of the most conservative members of the US Senate.

The sessions were the early supporters of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and were nominated by Trump for the position of US Attorney General. He was confirmed on February 8, 2017, with 52-47 votes in the Senate, and was inaugurated on 9 February 2017. In the session of the Attorney General's confirmation, the Session stated, while under oath, that he had no contact with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign and that he does not know the contacts between members of the Trump campaign and Russian officials. However, in March 2017, news reports revealed that Session had twice met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in 2016. The sessions later resigned from every investigation into Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election, while some Democratic lawmakers called for his resignation. In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in November 2017, Carter Page stated that he had notified Session of his contact with Kremlin officials in July 2016, contrary to the previous Session rejection.

As US Attorney General, the Assembly overturned a memo delivered by one of his predecessors, Eric Holder, who had attempted to curb the mass detention by evading the mandatory penalty, and had ordered federal prosecutors to begin searching for maximum criminal probability. Sessions signed an order adopting the appropriation of civil wealth, enabling law enforcement to seize the property of suspected persons but not accused of crimes. A strong opponent of illegal immigration, Session has taken a hard line in the so-called sanctuary cities and has told reporters that cities failing to comply with federal immigration policies will lose federal funds. Session support enables the Ministry of Justice to prosecute medical marijuana providers.

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He was born in Selma, Alabama, on December 24, 1946, son of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, Jr., and former Abbie Powe. He was named after his father, named after his grandfather, named Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederation of the United States, and PGT Beauregard, the Confederate general who oversaw the bombing of Fort Sumter, started the American Civil War. His father owned a general store in Hybart, Alabama, and later became a dealer of agricultural equipment. Both Sesi's parents came mainly from an English ancestor, with some Scottish-Irish people. In 1964, Sessions became Eagle Scout, and later, he earned the Eagle Eagle Distinguished Award for many years of his ministry.

After attending Wilcox County High School in nearby Camden, a Session studying at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, graduating with B.A. Degree in 1969. He is active in the Young Republic Party and is president of student organizations. A lecture session at the University of Alabama School of Law and graduated with a JD degree in 1973.

Session enters private practice in Russellville and then on Mobile. He also served in the Army Reserve in the 1970s, with the rank of captain.

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Legal and political career

US. Lawyers

The session was the US Attorney's Assistant at the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama beginning in 1975. In 1981, President Reagan nominated him to become US Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. The Senate confirmed him and he held that position for 12 years until Bill Clinton's Attorney General, Janet Reno, asked for his resignation.

The Session Office filed civil rights claims in the 1981 murder of Stephan Michael, an African-American man killed in Mobile, Alabama by a pair of Ku Klux Klan members. The court did not hear cases, but both men were arrested and convicted.

In 1985, Sessions demanded three African American community organizers in the Black Belt of Alabama, including former Martin Luther King's assistant Jr. Albert Turner, for voter fraud, accusing of damaging 14 absentee ballots. The prosecutor's office has charged the selective prosecution of black voter registration. The defendants, known as Marion Three, were acquitted of all charges by the jury after three hours of deliberation. Historian Wayne Flynt told The Washington Post he regarded concerns about tactics used in the 1984 election and by Turner in particular as legitimate, but also noted Sessions had no advocacy history for black voters' rights before 1984. Interviewees in 2009, the Session said he remained confident that he was doing the right thing, but admitted he "failed to make the case".

Failure to fail to district court

In 1986, Reagan nominated Session to become a judge in US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Juvenile justice sessions are recommended and actively supported by Senator of the Republic of Alabama Senator Jeremiah Denton. Most of the American Bar Association's Establishment Committee on Federal Courts, which assigns nominations to the federal seat, rated the Session "eligible", with a minority vote that Sessions "do not qualify". His candidacy was opposed by the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the People for the Way of America.

At the Session confirmation sessions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four lawyers from the Department of Justice who have worked with Sessions testified that he made racially attacking statements. One of the lawyers, J. Gerald Hebert, testified that Session had referred to the National Association for the Progress of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "not American" and "Communist inspired" (Session said that he referred to their support for the Sandinistas) and that they are more harmful than good by trying to impose civil rights "down to people's throats". Hebert, a civil rights lawyer, said that he did not regard Session as racist, and that Session "has a tendency to sometimes just say something, and I'm sure these comments are aligned". Hebert also said that Session had called a white civil rights lawyer "probably" a "disgrace to his race". The session said he did not remember making the statement and he did not believe it.

Thomas Figures, a US Assistant Assistant, testified that the Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found them smoking marijuana". The session later said that the comment was not serious, but apologized for it, saying that he considered the Klan to be "a force for hatred and bigotry". Barry Kowalski, an attorney in the civil rights division, also heard the statement and testified that the prosecutor who handles such a horrible case sometimes "uses humor in the operating room and that's what I consider to be that". Another DOJ lawyer, Albert Glenn, said, "It never occurred to me that there was any seriousness for that." The figures testify that on one occasion, when the US Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent office instructions to investigate a case that the Sessions were trying to close, the Numbers and Sessions "held a very enthusiastic discussion of how the Hodge case should be dealt with in the process of the argument, Mr. Sessions threw the file on the table, and commented, 'I wish I could refuse all of them ' ", where Figures say Sessions mean general civil rights cases. Kowalski, however, testified that he believed "[Session] is anxious to see that justice has been done in the field of prosecution of criminal civil rights."

The characters also said that Session had called him "the boy", which Sessions rejected. The figures testify that two assistant prosecutors have also heard the Session, including current federal judge Ginny Granade. Granade denies this. He also testified that "Mr. Sessions is admonishing me for 'being careful what you say to whites'." Session denied this. In 1992, Figures was accused of attempting to bribe witnesses by offering $ 50,000 to a drug dealer who was convicted to testify against his client. The figure claims the allegations were retaliation for his role in blocking Session nominations. Session denies this, saying that he resigned from the case. Final figures are released.

Hebert, Kowalski and Daniel Bell, deputy head of the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division, testified that they considered Session to be more open to the work of the Civil Rights Division than many other South American Lawyers at the time. Session has always defended his civil rights record, saying that "when I [a US Attorney] I signed 10 defenses that attack segregation or remnants of separation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we are looking for a desegregation solution". Critics then argues that Session has exaggerated its involvement in civil rights cases. Michigan Law Professor Samuel Bagenstos, reviewing Session's claims, argues that "[a] will indicate this is that Sessions are not entirely refusing to participate or have their names in defense in cases that civil rights divisions carry during their term... this case is very weak proof of the commitment Sessions should have on civil rights. "

Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee against his candidacy. In his letter, he writes that "Mr. Sessions has used the extraordinary power of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten the aging black voters."

On 5 June 1986, the Committee voted 10-8 against recommending candidacy to the Senate floor, with Republican Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland and Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania voting with Democrats. It then divides 9-9 on the vote to send the Session nomination to the Senate floor without a recommendation, this time with a supporting specter. Majority is required for nomination to continue. An important vote for Session comes from its state Democratic Senator, Howell Heflin from Alabama. Although Heflin had previously supported the Session, he began to oppose Session after hearing testimony, concluding that there was "reasonable doubt" over Sesi's ability to be "fair and impartial". The nomination was withdrawn on 31 July 1986.

Sessions became only second nominations for federal courts in 48 years whose candidacy was assassinated by the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was quoted later as saying that the Senate on the occasion was not sensitive to the rights and reputation of the nominees. A law officer from the US District Court in Mobile who had worked with Session later admitted to the confirmation controversy, but stated that he observed the Session as a "lawyer with the highest ethics and intellectual standards".

When Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania left the GOP to join the Democratic Party on April 28, 2009, the Session was elected to become a Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee. At that time, Specter said that his vote against Session's nomination was a mistake, as he has "since found that Senator Sessions are egalitarian".

The elected session of Attorney General Alabama in November 1994, crippled the ruling Democrats Jimmy Evans with 57% of the vote. The harsh criticism he receives from Senator Edward Kennedy, who calls him "a throwback to a shameful period" and "disgrace", is thought to have earned him the support of the conservative Alabama. As Attorney General, the Session led the state's defense of the school funding model which was ultimately found to be unconstitutional because of the difference between rich, mostly white, and poor schools, mostly black.

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US. Senate (1997-2017)

In 1996, Session won the Republican primary for the US Senate, after the overflow, and then defeated Democrat Roger Bedford 53% -46% in the November election. He succeeds Howell Heflin, who has retired after 18 years in the Senate. That same year, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Alliance sued the state of Alabama after Alabama Legislature sought to deny funding to student organizations advocating on behalf of homosexuality at state universities. As Attorney General of Alabama, the Session defends the state, arguing that funds should not be granted to groups of students advocating unlawful behavior, including violating sodomy and sexual harassment laws. The session also stated that "the State of Alabama will suffer irreparable damage by funding conferences and activities that violate state law". US District Court ultimately decides unconstitutional law in Gay Lesbian Bisexual Alliance v. Session , 917 F. Supp. 1548 (1996).

In 2002, the Session won a re-election by defeating Democrat State Auditor Susan Parker. In 2008, the Session defeated the Democratic State Senator, Vivian Davis Figures (brother-in-law Thomas Figures, Assistant US Prosecutor who testified at the Session court hearing) to win a third term. The session received 63 percent of votes for a 37 percent figure. The session managed to find a fourth term in 2014. In 2014, the Session was not debated at the Republican Party and was only opposed to the election by Democrat candidate Victor Sanchez Williams.

Session is only the second Republican senator from Alabama since Reconstruction and gave Alabama two Republican senators, the first since Reconstruction. In 2002, he became the first Republican to be re-elected to the Senate from Alabama since Reconstruction (recalling that his colleague Richard Shelby, who won re-election as Republican in 1998, had previously run as Democrat, swapped the party in 1994).

Sessions are Republican members ranked in the Senate Budget Committee, former members of the Senate Judiciary Committee rankings, and senior members of the Armed Services Committee. He also served on the Environment and Public Works Committee.

Donor campaign

According to the Responsive Political Center, between 1995 and 2016, Session's largest donors came from the law industry, pensions, healthcare, real estate, and insurance. From 1995 to 2016, the companies that employed the donors who gave most of it to the campaign were Southern Company utilities, Balch & amp; Bingham law firm, coal mining company Drummond Company, Collazo Enterprises, and Vulcan Materials.

Committees assignment

• Armed Services Committee
  • Subcommittee on Airland
  • Subcommittee on Seapower
  • Subcommittee on Strategic Forces (Chair)
• Committee on Budget
• Environment and Public Works Committee
  • Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Security
  • Subcommittee on Green Jobs and New Economy
  • Transport and Infrastructure Subcommittee
  • Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
• Committee on Justice
  • Subcommittee on Administrative and Judicial Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
  • Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees (Chair)
  • Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security
• International Narcotics Control Caucus

2016 presidential election

Sessions are early supporters of presidential candidacy Donald Trump, and are the main policy advocates for the Trump campaign, especially in terms of immigration and national security. He was also on the short list to become a companion partner of Trump, a position that eventually led to Mike Pence.

Unconfirmed Russian communications blocked by the US Intelligence Agency discuss Ambassador Sergey Kislyak met personally with Sessions at the Mayflower Hotel during Trump's April 2016 campaign event. Sessions wearing a "Great American Make Up" hat at the Trump rally in August 2015, and Stephen Miller, Session's long-term communication director, joins the Trump campaign. On February 28, 2016, Session officially endorsed Donald Trump to become president. Sessions and Rudy Giuliani appear to be the principal of the Trump campaign campaign. The Trump campaign considers Sessions for the spouse's position, and Sessions are widely seen as potential Cabinet secretaries in the Trump government.

Transitions

During the transition period, Sessions played a major role in the appointment and preparation of relative policies towards space, NASA and related facilities in Alabama, while Peter Thiel advocated for personal space.

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US Attorney General (2017-present)

Nominated

The elected President of Trump announced on November 18, 2016, that he would nominate Session to be the US Attorney General. This nomination generates support and opposition from various groups and individuals. He was introduced by Senator Susan Collins of Maine who said, "He is a good individual with a strong commitment to the rule of law, he is a leader of integrity, I think the attacks against him are unfounded and unfair." More than 1,400 law school professors wrote a letter urging the Senate to refuse his candidacy. A group of black clergy demonstrated in support of the Session before the confirmation hearing, and his candidacy was supported by Gerald A. Reynolds, former chairman of the United States Civil Rights Commission. Six NAACP activists, including NAACP Cornell President William Brooks, were arrested on January 1, 2017 to protest his candidacy.

On January 10, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination was initiated and harassed by protesters. The committee approved its candidacy February 1 on 11 to 9 party-line votes. The nomination then went to the full Senate for a vote of confirmation. Votes in Sessions were postponed until after voting to Betsy DeVos nominated Education Secretary, as confirmation - and subsequent resignation of the Senate - would create a temporary vacancy, which would otherwise endanger DeVos's narrow confirmation. On February 7, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stopped Senator Elizabeth Warren from reading statements against the Sessions nomination as a federal judge created by Ted Kennedy and Coretta Scott King. Warren was then formally reprimanded by the XIX Senate Rule on a party-line voting to "accuse the senator's fellow characters". Hours later Senator Jeff Merkley read endlessly the same letter by King that Warren had been trying to read.

On February 8, 2017, the Session was confirmed as Attorney General with a vote of 52 to 47. Later that month, Saturday Night Live began parodying it, played by Kate McKinnon.

Tenure

On March 10, 2017, the Session oversaw the shooting of 46 United States Lawyers, leaving only Deputy Dana Boente and nominated Deputy Rod Rosenstein in place after Trump refused their resignation.

On April 10, 2017, the Sessions dissolved the National Commission for Forensic Science and ended the Department's review of forensic accuracy in closed cases.

Sessions are subject to freezing recruitment in most of the US Department of Justice's Criminal Division and US Attorney's office, and a total freeze on the Department Fraud Section. On April 24, 2017, Sessions went to ethics attorney's conference to convince them that the Department will continue prosecution under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, despite Trump's comment that it is "a terrible law" and "the world laughs at us".

On May 9, 2017, Session submitted a memo to the President who recommended the James FBI Director James James, attaching a memo by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who called the Director's behavior untenable. Trump fired Comey that day. In March 2017, Session has resigned from an investigation into Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election. Comey led the investigation before his dismissal.

In May 2017, Session was offered to resign after receiving criticism from Trump, who subsequently did not accept the resignation.

On 5 June 2017, Session issued a memo that prevented the settlement of a future Justice Department lawsuit from including funding for a third party, as has been submitted for clearance of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Volkswagen's emissions scandal.

In November 2017 about his tenure at the Washington Post, Sessions were described as having made "dramatic and controversial changes reflecting nationalist ideology and hard-line views."

On December 21, 2017, Sessions canceled 200 pages of guidance documents. Some of the 25 guidelines have included warnings not to impose excessive costs on the poor, not to send some weapons across state borders, and to encourage the accomodation of developing persons with disabilities. The recession sessions were criticized by the United States Civil Rights Commission and pushed the lawsuit by City Attorney of San Francisco. In 2018, the Session closed the Justice Department's Office for Access to Justice, which focused on legal aid.

Controversy about Russia

During the session of the Judiciary Committee Committee on January 10, Senator Al Franken asked him what he would do as the Attorney General "if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicates with the Russian government in the course of this campaign". Franken refers to a news report stating that Russia has compromised material about Trump, and that Trump's successor is in touch with the Russian government. The session replied that he "did not know any activities" and said "I have been called a successor at one or two time in the campaign and I do not have - no communication with Russia, and I can not comment on that.

A week later, in response to written questions submitted by Senator Patrick Leahy, the Sessions stated that he had not "been in touch with anyone connected with any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election".

On March 1, 2017, the Session was in the spotlight after reports emerged that he had made contact with Russian government officials during the US presidential election, although in confirmation he denied he had discussions with Russian government representatives. News reports revealed that Session had spoken twice with Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. The first communication took place after the Heritage Foundation event at the 2016 National Convention of the Republic that was attended by several ambassadors, including Russian Ambassador Kislyak who spoke with Senator Sessions. The second interaction took place on September 8, 2016, when they met at the Session office; Sessions say they discuss Ukraine and terrorism. Session released a statement on March 1, 2017, saying "I have never met Russian officials to discuss the issue of the campaign, I do not know what these allegations are. US Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said: "There is absolutely nothing misleading about his answer, he was asked during a hearing on communication between Russia and the Trump campaign - not about the meetings he took as senator and member of the Armed Services Committee. Last year, the Senator has more than 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors as senior members of the Armed Services Committee, including British, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Indian, Chinese, Canadian, Australian, German and Russian ambassadors.

Democratic representatives asked Session to resign from his post as US Attorney General. Senator Lindsey Graham called for Sessions to resign from any investigation into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign. Representative Nancy Pelosi stated that Session had "lied under oath" and called for her resignation. Representative Elijah Cummings said that "when the Senator's Session testified under oath that 'I have no communication with Russia,' his statement proved wrong, but he let it for weeks - and he kept letting it stand even as he watched the President tell the nation he do not know anything about anyone who advises his campaign speaks to the Russians ". Cummings also called for Session's resignation. Senator Franken commented that he believed the Session swore alone in the confirmation hearing. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said in March 2017, "The type of communication demanded by Senator Franken, asked by another committee member, he [Session] does not have it." A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University in the first week of March 2017 found that 51% of respondents wanted Sessions to resign. The same poll also found that 66% of respondents wanted an independent inquiry into the relationship between Donald Trump's campaign and the Russian government.

On March 20, 2017, FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee that since July 2016, the FBI has conducted counter-intelligence investigations to assess the extent of Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump's partners play a role in Russia's efforts. In May 2017 the Justice Department reported that Session failed to disclose a meeting with Russian officials during the presidential campaign in 2016, when he applied for his security clearance. Session staff have been suggested by the FBI that meetings with foreign officials and their staff associated with the activities of the Senate need not be disclosed.

On June 13, 2017, the Session testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee after canceling testimony before the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Allotment. Session rejected reports that he had met Russian ambassador Kislyak during Trump's April 2016 speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., testified that he did not remember the "brief interaction" he might have with the ambassador. Accused of "getting in the way" by Senator Ron Wyden, Session discussed the power of the executive privilege, and said that he refused to answer questions about his conversation with Trump because "I protect the President's right to confirm it if he chooses." He is being advised by his personal lawyer, Charles J. Cooper.

In July 2017, The Washington Post reported that Kislyak, in a communication intercepted by US intelligence, had told his superiors in Moscow that his conversation with Session had offended the Trump campaign and also "the position of Trump in Russia over the issue ". Earlier, after initially denying having met Kisylak at all, Sesi repeatedly insisted that in his meeting with the Russian ambassador he never discussed the campaign and only met him in his capacity as a US senator. If the report on tapping is accurate, it may be contrary to the testimony of the Court oath. The Justice Department responded by saying that the Session stood beside his testimony that he "never met or had conversations with Russians or foreign officials about any kind of interference with campaigns or elections".

In March 2016, one of Trump's foreign policy advisers named George Papadopoulos suggested that he be able to use personal connections to arrange meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Session rejected the proposed meeting, according to information provided to CNN by someone present. This raises the question of the truth of the testimony of the Session and whether the Session swears falsely during his testimony. Furthermore, on the same day, the testimony given by Carter Page to the House intelligence committee was contrary to the previous Session statement by stating that he had informed Session of plans to visit Russia during the campaign.

Beginning in March 2017, the Senator asked the FBI to conduct a criminal oath investigation into Session. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe then commissioned an FBI agent to investigate. According to Session private lawyers, the investigation closed without charge.

On March 16, 2018, Sessions fired McCabe a few hours before the Vice President would qualify for government retirement, citing the lack of openness of McCabe to the Inspector General's Department.

Disapproval from investigation of election problems

The idea that Session might have to resign from a Russian inquiry was raised as soon as he took office. Trump is worried about the implications of such a refusal, reportedly telling his aides that he needs someone who is faithfully watching the investigation. In early March he told White House Counsel Don McGahn to urge Session to maintain supervision over the investigation, but Session told McGahn that he intended to follow the advice of Justice Department lawyers.

On March 2, 2017, Session announced that he would resign from any investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, or other matters relating to the 2016 presidential election. He has been advised to do so by the Department of Justice career personnel, citing concerns about impartiality was given his prominent role in the Trump election campaign. On the same day, The Wall Street Journal reported that Session contacts with Russia have been investigated, but it is unclear whether an investigation is under way. Sessions said during an interview on television that the recusal was not an admission of error.

Several days later, Session went to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump. The session wanted to talk about imposing a travel ban, but instead Trump scolded him for resigning and asked him to reverse his rejection. Session rejected. The meeting was reportedly being investigated by a special adviser. Trump reportedly urged him to reverse the rejection on three additional occasions during 2017.

On June 8, 2017, James Comey, who had been dismissed as Director of the FBI a month earlier, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he expects Session to resign from a Russian inquiry two weeks before he did so, for the secret reason that made the Session continued involvement in the investigation "problematic".

Trump was very angry at the Session for his denial of inquiry, blaming him on the appointment of Robert Mueller as special adviser by Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Since he openly attacked the Session several times via Twitter and public comments, he said he regretted choosing him as the attorney general and that he would never do it if he knew the Session would resign from the investigation.

Criminal Justice

On April 3, 2017, Session announced that it would review the approval decision in which local law enforcement agencies had approved the Department's supervision. US District Judge James K. Bredar later rejected Session's request to postpone a new approval decision with the Baltimore Police Department.

On May 12, 2017, Session ordered federal prosecutors to begin searching for the largest criminal probability. The new guidelines scrap the memo by Attorney General Eric Holder who seeks to reduce mass detention by avoiding mandatory penalties.

On July 19, 2017, Sessions signed an order to revive the adoption of federally adopted civilian wealth, enabling local law enforcers to pass state limitations in seizing property from suspected persons but not accused of crimes.

On December 22, 2017, the Session overturned the guidelines intended to alert local courts not to impose fines and excessive fees for defendants.

The session has brought important prosecution for the MS-13 gang.

In February 2018, the Session sent an open letter to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) against the Bill of the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court and the Bill on Corruption Law. The trial opposed White House Senior Advisors' support, Jared Kushner for reform until Kushner reportedly agreed to focus on improving prison conditions.

On March 20, 2018, the Session signed a memo instructing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty on a large drug dealer.

Illegal Immigration

On March 27, 2017, Sessions told reporters that asylum cities that failed to comply with Trump's administration policy would lose federal funds, and cited the shooting of Kathryn Steinle as an example of illegal immigrants committing heinous crimes.

On April 11, 2017, Session issued a memo for a federal lawyer to consider prosecuting anyone who harbored illegal immigrants. On the same day, while in the border port of entry in Nogales, Arizona, Session insists the new administration will implement policies against those who continue to "seek illegal and illegal entry into the country". On April 21, nine holy cities sent a letter by the Department of Justice gave them a June 30 deadline to provide an explanation of how their policies did not break the law, and Session many hours later warned "enough is enough" in San Diego on its way to the US border -Mexico. Two days later, the Session said that reducing the fake tax credit granted to "mostly Mexicans" could pay for the US-Mexican border and it would be paid for "one way or the other".

Sessions have sought to block funding to asylum cities. Sessions also threatened to crack down on uncooperative local criminal officials. Federal judges in Chicago, San Francisco, and Philadelphia have rejected Session's efforts.

On March 6, 2018, the Session sued the state of California in federal district court, alleging that state laws regarding the release of detainees, workplace inspections and detention of places of detention were triggered by the federal government's immigration policy.

In June 2018, the Session gave a speech in which he quoted the Bible to justify his new policy of separating detained children from their families when they were illegally arrested across the border, stating that people should "obey the laws of the government because God has set them for purpose orders ". Christian leaders strongly disagreed with the policy, with Cardinal Daniel DiNardo calling it "immoral", Reverend Franklin Graham called it "shameful", and Bishop Kenneth Carter of his own Session church (American Methodist Church) called it "unnecessary cruel". Bible scholar and professor Matthew Schlimm says that history is being repeated when Sessions take the quote "completely out of context" as to how slave and Nazi merchants have abused the Bible before.

On June 11, 2018, the Session reversed the decision by the Immigration Appeals Council to grant women asylum and announced that victims of domestic violence or gang violence would no longer qualify for asylum in the United States. Victims of domestic violence have been eligible for asylum since 2014.

Comments about travel ban

In April 2017, while on a radio talk show, Session said that he was "amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific could issue an injunction stopping the president of the United States from what appears to be a clear law and his Constitution. ". This refers to Derrick Watson, a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, blocking an executive order by President Donald Trump. After receiving criticism for the statement, Session said there was nothing that he "wanted a different phrase" and that he "did not criticize the judge or the island".

Ganja

In a May 2017 letter, Session personally requested congressional leaders to revoke Rohrabacher-Farr's amendment so that the Department of Justice may prosecute medical marijuana providers. The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment is a 2014 measure that prohibits the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prevent states "from imposing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana." The sessions wrote in the letter that "I believe it is unwise for Congress to limit the Department's policy to fund certain prosecutions, especially in the midst of historic drug epidemics and potentially extend long term in violent crimes." John Hudak of the Brookings Institution criticized the letter, stating that it was a "scare tactic" that "should make everyone openly question whether the rhetoric of the Trump candidate and the White House's words on his support for medical marijuana is actually an American public lie on the issue garner wide support and bipartisan. "

On January 4, 2018, the Session canceled the Cole Memorandum, which had prevented federal prosecutors from filing a lawsuit against legalized legalized marijuana use.

Unify right rally violence and civil rights investigation

The so-called vehicle-ramming fatal attack in August 2017 united the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, domestic terrorism and initiated a civil rights investigation into the offensive to determine whether to be tried in court as a hate crime. The session said, "You can make sure we will charge and advance the investigation of the most serious allegations that can be filed, because this is a totally unacceptable and unacceptable attack in America."

Gender identity

In the letter "Dear Colleague" published 22 February 2017, the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Education withdrew and canceled the honorable "Partner" issued jointly by the same organization. The previous "Dear Colleague" Letter, published May 13, 2016, has determined that Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 allows access to sex-disaggregated facilities (such as toilets) related to the gender identity of the students. Letter 2017 states that letters of 2016 have no "broad legal analysis", not "explaining how positions are consistent with the express language of Title IX", and it does not experience "formal public processes." The sessions issued a statement saying "Congress, state legislature, and local government are in a position to adopt appropriate policies or laws that address this issue."

On 4 October 2017, Sessions released a memo of the Department of Justice (DoJ) that interpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, which states that Title VII "is usually defined biologically by men or women," but that "does not prohibit discrimination based on gender identity per se ." The memo was written to recall the DoJ memorandum issued by Eric Holder on December 15, 2014, which aligns the DoJ with the Commission for Work Opportunities in interpreting Title VII to include gender identity or transgender status as a protected class. At the time, the DoJ had stopped opposing claims of discrimination brought on by federal transgender employees. Devin O'Malley, representing the DoJ, states "the last government ignores the fundamental principle [that the Justice Department can not extend the law beyond what has been provided by Congress], which requires action today." Sharon McGowan, a lawyer with Lambda Legal who previously served in the DoJ Civil Rights division, dismissed the argument, saying "this memo [issued by Session] is actually not a reflection of the law as it is - this is a reflection of what the DOJ hopes for" "[t] he Justice Department is really back in the business of making anti-transgender laws in court."

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Policy position

During his term, Session is considered one of the most conservative members of the US Senate.

Immigration

Sessions are the opposite of legal and illegal immigration during their time in Congress. He opposed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, the 2007 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act and the Two-sided Border Gender, Economic Security and Modernization of the Immigration Act 2013. He said that the path to citizenship for illegal immigrants undermines the rule of law, that the influx of guest and immigrant workers suppresses wages and increases unemployment for US citizens, and that current immigration policies extend the lower classes that depend on the welfare state. In a speech on the floor of May 2006, he said, "Basically, almost no one coming from the Dominican Republic to the United States will come because they have the skills that will benefit us and it will show the possibilities of their success in our society. He is a supporter of E-Verify, a federal database that enables businesses to electronically verify the immigration status of potential new employees, and has advocated expanding the construction of the Southern frontier fence. In 2013, the Session said that the provision of opt-out in immigration laws before Congress would allow Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to avoid the construction of a border fence. PolitiFact called the Session Statement "Wrong", stating that the provision would allow Napolitano to determine where the fence was built, but did not choose not to build it entirely.

The Senate Sessions website expressed its view that there is "a clear link between immigration and terrorism" and that "Obviously, there is no way to check these refugees" who will immigrate to the US from Syria in 2016 or who come to the US after September 11, 2001 and allegedly involved in terrorism. The press release said that "the lack of degrading information in our systems about an individual does not mean that recognizing that individuals are not carrying risks". Sessions have expressed the view that immigrant children from Muslim-majority countries are "vulnerable to radicalization of radical terrorist organizations" on the basis of the Attacks of Orlando and San Bernardino. Sessions support the establishment of a safe zone as an alternative to immigration from war-torn countries.

Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon talked about Jeff Sessions as the movement's leader to slow legal and illegal immigration before Donald Trump came to the scene, recalling his work to kill immigration reforms as similar to the "civil rights movement of 1960". His session and communications director Stephen Miller developed what Miller called "nation-state populism" in response to globalization and immigration.

Immigration is a problem that brings Session and Trump together. Trump has praised Session as an influential adviser to immigration. After Trump was elected and announced Session as a candidate for Attorney General, Cato Institute immigration analyst Alex Nowrasteh observed, "It's almost as if Sessions wrote the Trump immigration platform."

On June 18, a group of more than 600 clergy and laymen of the United Methodist Church announced that they brought the church's lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The group members accused the Assembly of "child abuse, immorality, racial discrimination and the spread of doctrine contrary to the standard doctrine of United Methodist Church." The last allegation refers to the "abuse" of Session from Romans 13, which he quotes to argue that secular law must always be obeyed.

Foreign and military policy

In 2005, the Session spoke at a rally in Washington, D.C. who supported the Iraq War organized in opposition to anti-war protests held the day before. Sessions say the anti-war demonstrators: "The group that speaks here on another day does not represent America's ideals of freedom, freedom and spreading it around the world, I frankly do not know what they represent, but blame America first. " That same year, he opposed the law by Senator John McCain who banned the US military from involvement in torture; amendments pass 90-9.

Sessions opposed the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the 2011 military intervention in Libya, and arming Syrian rebels. As Attorney General, he reportedly advised President Trump to increase the US military presence in Afghanistan.

At the 109th Congress, Sessions introduced legislation to increase the death benefit of gratuity for members of the service family from $ 12,420 to $ 100,000. The bill also raises the coverage level under the Servicemen Group Life Insurance from $ 250,000 to $ 400,000. Session legislation was adopted in the Supplementary Ad Settlement Act of 2005.

In June 2014, the Session was one of three senators to vote against additional funding for the VA medical system. He opposed the bill due to cost concerns and pointed out that Congress should focus on "reforms and solutions that improve the quality of service and effectiveness delivered".

Crime and security

In 1996, Sessions promoted state legislation in Alabama that sought to punish both trafficking drug confidence, including to deal with marijuana, with mandatory minimum death penalty. The Session's view of drugs and crime has softened.

Sessions support the reduction (but not elimination) of the penalty differences between cocaine crack and cocaine powder, finally passed into law with the Fair Justice Act 2010.

On 5 October 2005, the Session was one of nine Senators who voted against the Senate amendment to the House Bill which prohibited the cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of individuals in detention or under the physical control of the United States Government.

In November 2010, Sessions were members of the Senate Judiciary Committee when the committee voted unanimously in favor of the Online Online Counter-Terrorism and Eradication Act (COICA), and sent the bill to the full Senate for consideration. The proposed law will allow the Attorney General to ask the court to issue a restraining order on the Internet domain name hosting the infringing material.

In October 2015, Session opposed Chairman Reform and Revision of Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Chair Law, a bipartisan bill that sought to reduce mandatory minimum penalties for some nonviolent crimes. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved the bill in a 15-5 vote. According to The New York Times, Sessions, Tom Cotton, and David Perdue "stopped the bill in the Senate and weakened the momentum of the House's efforts simultaneously". Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the co-sponsor of the bill, said Session is his main opponent.

Sessions have become strong supporters of civil confiscation, the practice of seizing property when it is allegedly involved in crime. Sessions against "reform" of civil loot law.

Economic issues

The session voted for Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and said he would choose to make them permanent if given a chance. He is an American signatory to Tax Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

In 2006, Session received the "Guardian of Small Business" award from the National Independent Business Federation (NFIB), an honor awarded by the organization to legislators who voted in accordance with its stance on small business issues at least 70% of the time. He was recognized by NFIB again in 2008 and 2010; in 2014 the organization supported him on his run for a fourth term, noting that he had achieved 100% NFIB voting records on key issues for small businesses at the 112th Congress.

The session is one of 29 senators who voted for amendments to the 2008 budget resolution, offered by Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who will place a one-year moratorium on allocating practice.

The session is one of 25 senators to vote against the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (bailout bank), arguing that it "destroys our legacy of law and order, and is an insult to the principle of separation of powers".

The trial opposed the $ 837 billion stimulus bill, calling it "the biggest expenditure bill in the history of the republic". At the end of 2011 he also expressed skepticism about the $ 447 billion job bill proposed by President Obama, and denied the notion that the bill would be paid without adding to the national debt.

Higher education and research

In 2013, Sessions sent a letter to the National Endowment for the Humanities to ask why the foundation funded projects that it deemed reckless. He also criticized the foundation for distributing books relating to Islam to hundreds of US libraries, saying "Using taxpayer dollars to fund the question of grant education programs is very unlimited or in an attempt to appear to use Federal funds on behalf of only one religion, not in his face seems to be an appropriate means of building trust in the American people that NEH's expenditure is wise. "

Social issues

At the 114th Session of the United States of America, Sessions ranked zero from the Human Rights Campaign, LGBTQ's largest advocacy group in the United States. He voted against the Matthew Shepard Act, which added violent acts motivated on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity to federal hatred-legal crimes, commenting that "it has been said to ease the civil rights movement". The session "believes that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and has routinely criticized the US Supreme Court and lower court activists when they try to redefine marriage legally." Sessions voted in favor of advancing the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2004 and 2006, amendments to the US constitution that would permanently limit federal marriage recognition to those between a man and a woman. Sessions voted against Do not Ask, Do not Tell the Revocation Act of 2010.

The session also said about the appointment of a gay Supreme Court judge, "I do not think that someone who admits they have a gay tendency is disqualified, per se, for the job" but "it would be a big concern that Americans might feel - about that ".

Sessions against the legalization of marijuana for recreational or medical use. "I am a big DEA fan", he said during a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee. The session was "heartbroken" and found "it was beyond comprehension" when President Obama said that marijuana is not as dangerous as alcohol. In April 2016, he said it was important to grow "the knowledge that this drug is dangerous, you can not play with it, it's not funny, it's not something to laugh about... and to send that message with clarity that good people do not smoke cannabis ".

Sessions believe "that the sanctity of life begins at conception".

The session is one of 34 Senators to vote against the Stem Cell Act Improvement Act of 2007, vetoed by President Bush and will provide funding for human embryonic stem cell research.

Health care reform

In 2006, the Sessions conducted joint legislation to amend the CARE Ryan White Act to increase the share of HIV/AIDS funding to rural countries, including Alabama.

Sessions against President Barack Obama's health reform law; he voted against Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted against the Health and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

After Senator Ted Cruz's 21-hour speech against the Affordable Care Act in 2013, Sessions joined Cruz and 17 other Senators in a failed vote against cloture on a comprehensive government funding bill that will continue to fund health care reforms.

Energy and the environment

Skeptical session on scientific consensus on climate change. He has voted in favor of a law that would ban the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. He has chosen to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. The Conservation Voters League, a pro-environmental advocacy group, gave it a lifetime score of 7%. Sessions are supporters of nuclear power.

Judicial nomination

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Session defended a failed circuit court candidate Charles W. Pickering against accusations of racism, saying he was "a leader for racial harmony". Sessions rejected criticism from the record success of the circuit court of Dennis Shedd, saying he "should have been praised for the decisions he made." In 2003, Sessions saw criticism over the appointment of the Alabama trial, Attorney General William H. Pryor Jr. who succeeds because of his faith, declares that "Do we not say that good Catholics need not apply?"

The sessions are supporters of the "nuclear option", a tactic considered by Senator Fristish Senator Majority Leader in the spring of 2005 to change the longstanding Senate rules to stop Democratic philosophers (or, "talk bills to death") from some George W. Bush was nominated to federal court. When the moderate Senator "Gang 14" group reached an agreement to allow the filalar under "extraordinary circumstances", Sessions accepted the treaty but argued that "a return to the tradition of up-and-down voting on all candidates would... strengthen the Senate".

While serving as a ranking member on the Justice Committee at the 110th Congress, Session is a senior Republican who questioned Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's candidate for successfully retiring Judge David Souter. The session focuses on Sotomayor's view of empathy as a quality for judges, arguing that "empathy for one party is always prejudiced against the other". The sessions also questioned nominees about his views on the use of foreign law in deciding cases, as well as his role in the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF). On July 28, 2009, the Session joined five Republican colleagues in a vote against Sotomayor's candidacy in the Justice Committee. The committee approved Sotomayor by voting 13-6. Sessions also voted against Sotomayor when his candidacy came before the Senate was full. He was one of 31 senators (all Republicans) to do so, while 68 chose to confirm the candidate.

The sessions also served as the Republican rank in the Judiciary Committee during the nomination process for Elena Kagan, a candidate for President Obama to replace retired Justice John Paul Stevens. The session was based on his opposition to his lack of experience, his background as a political operation (Kagan said that he worked in the Clinton White House not as a lawyer but as a policy advisor), and his notes on weapons, abortions, and gay rights. Sessions show that Kagan "has a very thin legal record, has never tried a case, never argued in front of a jury, only having his first appearance in an appeals court a year ago".

The session focused most of his criticism on Kagan's treatment of the military when he became dean of Harvard Law School. During his tenure, Kagan restored the practice of requiring military recruiters to coordinate their activities through campus veterans' organizations, rather than the School Career Service Office. Kagan argues that he is trying to comply with a law known as the Amendment of Solomon, which prohibits federal funds from any college or university that does not provide military recruitment of equal access to campus facilities. The session insisted that Kagan's actions were a violation of the Solomon's Amendment and that it meant "degrading and punishing the military". He also argues that his actions show his willingness to put his politics above the law, and questioned "whether he has the intellectual honesty, clarity of mind, that you expect in the Supreme Court".

On July 20, 2010, Session and five Republican colleagues voted against Kagan's nomination. Nevertheless, the Judiciary Committee approved the nomination by 13-6 votes. Sessions also voted against Kagan in the full Senate election, joining 36 other senators (including one Democrat) in opposition. 63 senators chose to confirm Kagan. After the ballot, the Session commented on nominations and elections in the future, saying that America would "not forgive the Senate if we further expose our Constitution to be revised and rewritten by court filings to advance what President Obama says is a broader vision of what America should be ".

In March 2016, following the death of Judge Antonin Scalia and President Obama's Merrick Garland's nomination to the US Supreme Court, the Session said that "the Senate should not confirm justice of the new Supreme Court until a new president is elected".

Legislation

In 1999, Sessions sponsored a bill to award Rosa Parks the Congressional Gold Medal.

On December 11, 2013, the Session sponsored the Abuse of Torture of Children Torture Act Act of 2013, a bill that would reaffirm the Child Abuse Act of 1990 and will authorize funds until 2018 to assist child abuse victims. Sessions argue that "there is no higher task than protecting the children of our nation, and this bill is an important step to ensure the most vulnerable children receive the care and support they deserve."

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Personal life

He and his wife, Mary, have three children and, in July 2016, six grandchildren. The family is United Methodist. Session is a Sunday school teacher at Ashland Place United Methodist Church in Mobile, where he and his wife are members.

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Electoral history

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See also

• 2017 U.S. lawyer's dismissal

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References

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Source

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographic Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

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External links

• Biography of the AGO
• Jeff Sessions on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
• Appearance in C-SPAN

• Biography at Directory of Congressional Biographies of the United States
• Rules are sponsored in the Library of Congress
• News and comments collected from Politico

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