Tag: Attorneys General

"As long as I am the Attorney General, I will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this Department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner according to the law and Constitution," Jeff Sessions said in a statement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump: ‘I will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor’

Kelly Cohen · February 28, 2018 6:49 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the inspector general will be investigating alleged FISA abuses, but President Trump wants Justice Department lawyers to investigate instead. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump publicly shames Jeff Sessions over investigation into alleged FISA abuses

Caitlin Yilek · February 28, 2018 2:57 pm

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to a question about why he is thinking about running for president in 2020, said: "Well, because I care a great deal about this country. I've spent the vast majority of my professional life in public service. I think I've got ideas that I hope would resonate with the American people. I think I've got the guts to potentially do the things that I think the next president would have to do."

Beltway Confidential

Say hello to ‘President Eric Holder’!

Becket Adams · February 28, 2018 1:19 am

"Yes, it will be investigated," Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters at the court that oversees FISA warrants. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jeff Sessions: DOJ will open investigation into FISA abuses

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2018 7:45 pm

State attorneys general have taken more than 80 actions to oppose President Trump's environmental agenda, including blocking or challenging various proposals by the Environmental Protection Agency. For instance, in January, a group of attorneys general alleges EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is not an unbiased decision-maker, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Progressive attorneys general have taken 80 actions to oppose Trump environmental actions: Study

Josh Siegel · February 27, 2018 4:44 pm

Speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General, Sessions said he believes bump stocks — an attachment that enables a semi-automatic rifle to fire at a rate similar to an automatic firearm — can be effectively banned through regulation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jeff Sessions: Bump stocks announcement ‘soon’

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2018 4:38 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that the new Cyber-Digital Task Force will be chaired by a senior department office picked by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and include members of the department's Criminal and National Security divisions, U.S Attorneys, the Office of Legal Policy, the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the ATF, FBI, DEA and the U.S. Marshals Service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Justice Department launches task force to examine election interference

Kelly Cohen · February 20, 2018 8:52 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Sunday that the Justice Department is looking into how the agency obtains warrants via the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. That process has faced backlash from both sides of the aisle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: Justice Department investigating process used by FBI to apply for FISA warrants

Naomi Lim · February 18, 2018 7:37 pm

An indictment released Friday alleges Russian agents deliberately boosted Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as part of a larger effort to undermine the U.S. electoral process. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

Beltway Confidential

Even with Russian backing, Jill Stein didn’t cost Clinton the election

Philip Wegmann · February 16, 2018 10:32 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he's "really irritated" after Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized his sentencing reform bill. "Considering the fact that the president was going to fire him last spring, and I went to his defense. I don't think that's something that somebody should do for friends," Grassley said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Grassley ‘irritated’ after Jeff Sessions slams his sentencing reform bill

Kelly Cohen · February 15, 2018 5:58 pm

"We are once again watching the images of children terrified streaming out of their school hands over their heads. It's an image we don't need to continue to see," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: DOJ working with other federal agencies on mental health initiative in wake of Florida school shooting

Kelly Cohen · February 15, 2018 4:05 pm

An upcoming book notes that former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus (pictured above) convinced President Trump to dismiss Jeff Sessions' resignation and make amends with the attorney general. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Reince Priebus twice saved Jeff Sessions’ job as attorney general: Book

Katie Leach · February 14, 2018 11:05 pm