Booker: Sessions has ‘hostility’ toward civil rights

By Kelly Cohen

Published January 11, 2017 6:38pm ET

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Booker: Sessions has ‘hostility’ toward civil rights — "His record indicates that we cannot count on him […] to bring justice to the justice system," Booker said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Sen. Cory Booker delivered unprecedented testimony on Wednesday against his colleague Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., in his confirmation hearing to be the next attorney general.

As attorney general, Sessions would not “aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all our citizens,” the New Jersey Democrat told senators. Booker added that Sessions at times has demonstrated a “hostility toward these convictions.”

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