Jeff Sessions working on guidance to protect religious freedom from government interference

By Kelly Cohen

Published July 13, 2017 9:04pm ET

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Jeff Sessions working on guidance to protect religious freedom from government interference — The Justice Department is finalizing the guidance to issue soon, Sessions said. (AP Photo/John Locher) | John Locher

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said this week he is developing Justice Department guidance aimed at ensuring the federal government doesn’t intrude on people’s religious freedom.

In a closed-door speech delivered Tuesday to a religious liberty summit in California, Sessions said President Trump has told him to “issue guidance on how to apply federal religious liberty protections.”

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