Tag: Attorneys General

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Monday will praise Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., pictured, as a law-and-order nominee who fits perfectly with President-elect Trump's law and order candidacy. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Grassley: Sessions will ‘be a leader for law and order’

Anna Giaritelli · January 10, 2017 1:44 am

"His opponents will dredge up the bogus, discredited attacks made against him," Sen. Ted Cruz wrote. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Cruz: Prepare for Democrats’ ‘vile efforts’ to ‘smear’ Sessions’ name

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2017 11:35 pm

Rev. Al Sharpton will be attending the first day of confirmation hearings for Sen. Jeff Sessions. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Sharpton to attend Sessions confirmation hearing

Kelly Cohen · January 9, 2017 9:10 pm

GOP group pressures Senate Democrats for swift Sessions confirmation

Al Weaver · January 9, 2017 2:26 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee released a list of nine men and women on Friday evening who will be called to testify next week on Sen. Jeff Sessions' qualifications to serve as attorney general in President-elect Trump's administration. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Senate Judiciary announces witnesses for Sessions confirmation hearing

Anna Giaritelli, Susan Crabtree · January 7, 2017 4:42 am

Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders on Friday said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is "unfit" to be the next attorney general. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Sharpton: Sessions a ‘nightmare’ attorney general candidate

Kelly Cohen · January 6, 2017 3:25 pm

Ad blitz favoring Sessions for attorney general targets vulnerable Democrats

Ryan Lovelace · January 6, 2017 5:01 am

GOP to Dems: Assault on Sessions will carry a price

Susan Crabtree · January 5, 2017 7:23 pm

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said he has done the research on the allegations of racism against Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination to be attorney general and has not found "any indication that he is a racist at all." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sen. Scott: ‘No indication at all’ that Sessions is racist

Susan Crabtree · January 5, 2017 5:17 pm

Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., left, meets with Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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NAACP protest of Sessions ‘a fundraising gimmick’

Paul Bedard · January 5, 2017 2:13 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., signaled he would likely vote against Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for attorney general. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer: I work out with Sessions, but I won’t vote for him

Susan Crabtree · January 4, 2017 8:49 pm

Deval Patrick once opposed Sen. Jeff Sessions in an Alabama voting rights case. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ex-Massachusetts governor urges senators to reject Sessions as attorney general

Kelly Cohen · January 4, 2017 5:37 pm