Tag: Attorneys General

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (pictured above) wrote to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that Grassley's sentencing reform bill would "would make it more difficult to achieve our goals and have potentially dire consequences." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jeff Sessions: Chuck Grassley’s sentencing reform bill is a ‘grave error’

Kelly Cohen · February 14, 2018 8:51 pm

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a letter they are "alarmed" at reports that President Trump may use the memo "as a pretext" to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "in an effort to corruptly influence or impede" special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Democrats warn Trump: Don’t fire Rod Rosenstein

Kelly Cohen · February 2, 2018 7:05 pm

President Trump said Tuesday that he's "not at all" worried about what Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have told Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump ‘not at all’ worried about Jeff Sessions’ interview with Robert Mueller

Sarah Bedford · January 23, 2018 7:23 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller last week as part of the Russian investigation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Robert Mueller questions Jeff Sessions as part of Russia probe

Kelly Cohen · January 23, 2018 3:03 pm

"We can't stand by and watch one of the greatest tools for democracy ever created be turned into a private playground for the rich and powerful," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

22 attorneys general file legal challenge against net neutrality rollback

Mandy Mayfield · January 16, 2018 11:27 pm

"Let me put it to you this way. Mental instability, mendacity, bigotry," Xavier Becerra said. "Having any one of those is the White House is dangerous. Having the combination? That's lethal." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California attorney general calls Trump’s presence in the Oval Office ‘lethal’: ‘He is a racist’

Kyle Feldscher · January 14, 2018 3:26 pm

Lebanese Shiite supporters of Hezbollah shouts slogans against the U.S. The Department of Justice has formed a new team to investigate supporters of Hezbollah terror. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

National Security

Justice Department launches new team targeting supporters of Hezbollah terror

Melissa Quinn · January 11, 2018 3:09 pm

Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., said Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Trump had both promised him they would not interfere with the Obama-era policy that essentially allowed states to legalize marijuana use. (AP Images)

Cory Gardner, Jeff Sessions to meet this week over marijuana memo

Kelly Cohen · January 9, 2018 1:03 am

The incident happened days before James Comey was fired from his post and just after he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Sessions aide attempted to retrieve harmful info on James Comey: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 5, 2018 2:14 am

The overall crime rate in the 30 largest cities in 2017 will drop by about 2.7 percent from 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump tried to prevent Jeff Sessions from recusing himself in Russia investigation: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 5, 2018 1:20 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said: "I voted against Jeff Sessions and said he never should be there in the first place given his record on civil rights, on immigration, on so many other issues. My view now is very simple — nothing, nothing, nothing should ever interfere with the Mueller investigation." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer on Sessions resignation calls: ‘Nothing should interfere with the Mueller investigation’

Al Weaver · January 4, 2018 8:37 pm

The Colorado Republican said on the Senate floor he was not happy with the surprise decision, especially after both Attorney General Jeff Sessions and candidate Donald Trump said they would not interfere with states on this issue. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Cory Gardner vows to hold Trump’s judicial nominees until marijuana decision is reversed

Pete Kasperowicz · January 4, 2018 7:45 pm