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12 May 2017, 4:43 am by Benjamin Wittes
I considered it a positive sign that Trump had installed a career professional as deputy attorney general under Jeff Sessions, who is a polarizing figure to many. [read post]
11 May 2017, 3:27 pm by Kathryn Rubino
[Katz Justice] * Hmmm, where is Jeff Sessions in the whole Comey mess? [read post]
11 May 2017, 10:46 am by Rachel Bercovitz
In an interview on NBC, President Trump declared that he had decided to fire Comey before speaking with either Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on the matter. [read post]
11 May 2017, 4:27 am by SHG
While the back end of this sentence carries far too much weight, the front end ignores the fact that Rosenstein accepted the position of DAG in the Trump Administration, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
10 May 2017, 10:00 pm
As you may recall, then-Senator Jeff Sessions was nominated for the position of United States Attorney General by President-elect Donald Trump shortly after the November election. [read post]
10 May 2017, 3:45 pm
And according to press reports, the case against Comey was built by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had to recuse himself from the FBI’s Russia investigation due to his ties to the Trump campaign and his own meetings with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. before the election — which he may have lied about at his confirmation hearing. [read post]
10 May 2017, 1:49 pm by Helen Klein Murillo
However, NPR explains that the president is authorized to appoint an interim Director outside of the usual order of succession and that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are interviewing candidates for the job. [read post]
10 May 2017, 1:20 pm by Susan Hennessey, Quinta Jurecic
Attorney General Jeff Sessions played a key role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey last night by unequivocally recommending Comey’s dismissal to the President of the United States. [read post]
10 May 2017, 12:13 pm by Scott Bomboy
There were also multiple reports that Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions were interviewing four candidates to serve as Acting Director until the President can officially nominate Comey’s replacement. [read post]
10 May 2017, 11:56 am by Helen Klein Murillo
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein each endorsed reasons for the dismissal. [read post]
10 May 2017, 9:55 am by Akira Tomlinson
Trump said he acted under direction from both the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
10 May 2017, 9:29 am by Michael C. Dorf
Reportedly, Trump tasked Attorney General Jeff Sessions with finding a basis for firing Comey despite the fact that Sessions has recused himself from the Russia investigation. [read post]
10 May 2017, 6:55 am by Immigration Prof
Attorney General Jeff Sessions have gone back and forth on ICE enforcement actions at state courthouses. [read post]
10 May 2017, 5:51 am by Cannabis Law Group
This is leading to some concern, because the current attorney general, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (aka Jeff Sessions), has said that “good people” don’t use marijuana and he will enforce the laws as he sees fit, noting that marijuana is still listed on Schedule One of the U.S. [read post]
10 May 2017, 1:56 am by rozhansen
Marc Randazza’s most recent CNN column analyzes the recent conviction of Code Pink Protestor Desiree Fairooz after the media suggested she had been arrested merely for, “laughing at Jeff Sessions” during a Congressional hearing. [read post]
9 May 2017, 4:00 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Under these circumstances, President Trump accepted the recommendation of the Justice Department (AG Jeff Sessions) that the Director lacked the confidence needed to carry out his important duties. [read post]
9 May 2017, 4:00 pm by David Kravets
Comey's removal was recommended by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [read post]