Trump to nominate Sessions for attorney general

Published November 18, 2016 12:38pm ET



President-elect Trump has decided he wants Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general in his new administration, the transition team confirmed Friday morning.

Sessions met with Trump at Trump Tower in New York on Thursday and Trump released a glowing statement about the meeting afterward.

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