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19 May 2017, 3:32 pm by Kent Scheidegger
The choice of the 75-year-old Lieberman -- who, remember, addressed the 2008 Republican convention, and also recently wrote a letter of recommendation for Jeff Sessions as attorney general -- was never going to placate Democrats, if that's what was intended. [read post]
19 May 2017, 11:57 am by Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes
” As he reports it, Rosenstein discussed those concerns with then-Senator Jeff Sessions during the winter, long before he was confirmed as deputy. [read post]
19 May 2017, 8:58 am by Quinta Jurecic
In one of my first meetings with then-Senator Jeff Sessions last winter, we discussed the need for new leadership at the FBI. [read post]
19 May 2017, 8:00 am
If local jurisdictions don’t cooperate, according to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the federal government will yank portions of their federal funding. [read post]
19 May 2017, 6:18 am by Jim Sedor
Eric Greitens, languished and failed to make it to his desk before lawmakers adjourned the 2017 legislative session. [read post]
18 May 2017, 7:48 pm by Bill Otis
Sessions' revised policy also improves candor and reliability in federal sentencing. [read post]
18 May 2017, 2:08 pm by Bill Otis
The story's fourth paragraph is:[Despite reform's victories in several states,], in Washington...the nation's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has charted the opposite course. [read post]
18 May 2017, 10:31 am by Rachel Bercovitz
The Times notes that President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions were not provided advance notice of Mueller’s appointment. [read post]
18 May 2017, 8:06 am by Autumn Callan
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued the order [text, PDF] in place of Attorney General Jeff Session who recused himself after admitting [NYT report] he had failed to disclose meetings he had with a Russian ambassador while he was serving as an advisor to the Trump campaign. [read post]
18 May 2017, 8:00 am by Daniel Perlman
Attorney General Jeff Session has ordered federal prosecutors to crack down on drug offenders. [read post]
” Note that these special counsels are not just appointed by the Attorney General—or, in this case, the Deputy Attorney General who is acting in place of the recused Jeff Sessions—at his discretion but that they also, to some extent, answer to him. [read post]
17 May 2017, 4:21 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Del Quentin Wilber and Aruna Viswanatha report for the WSJ:Former FBI Director Robert Mueller III was appointed as special counsel to oversee the FBI investigation of the Russian government's efforts to influence the 2016 election, the Justice Department said.Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the appointment because Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from any investigation related to the 2016 race. [read post]
17 May 2017, 11:15 am
According to reports of the memo’s contents, the president asked the other people present in the Oval Office at the time, including Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to leave the room. [read post]
17 May 2017, 3:08 am by Michael Lowe
”    The post New 2017 Federal Drug Policy from Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared first on Dallas Justice. [read post]
16 May 2017, 6:21 am by Douglas A. Berman
Here is the abstract: Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made it clear that he opposes legalization of marijuana, a drug he considers “only slightly less awful” than heroin. [read post]
The Washington Post this afternoon published a stunning story reporting that President Trump disclosed highly-classified information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during their visit to the Oval Office last week. [read post]
15 May 2017, 4:31 pm by Elie Mystal
Senators who confirmed Jeff Sessions should be forced to answer for his actions now. [read post]