Feinstein casts doubt on quick Sessions confirmation

Published November 30, 2016 12:25am ET



Senate Republicans’ plan to quickly take up President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general and possibly confirm him by Inauguration Day has Democrats crying foul.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that Republicans hope to confirm a number of the president’s Cabinet selections by Jan. 20, although he didn’t say which nominees. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley also said he plans to move rapidly to hold hearings on Sessions’ nomination before Trump is sworn in.

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