Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Charlottesville car attack could be a “hate crime,” but cautioned that the Department of Justice is taking its time to charge the driver.

“It very well could be a civil rights violation or a hate crime, and there might be other charges that could be brought,” Sessions told NBC News in an interview on Wednesday.

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