Tag: Attorneys General

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, looks at the audience during a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Watchdog: FBI has located 30 pages of documents related to Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting

Diana Stancy Correll · October 13, 2017 11:47 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said "rampant abuse and fraud" in the nation's asylum system has helped contribute to the illegal immigrant population of roughly 11 million people. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeff Sessions: Asylum system is ‘subject to rampant abuse and fraud’

Kelly Cohen · October 12, 2017 2:05 pm

"It sets a tone and a direction and guidance for every one of those government agencies, some of them I think in years past have gone too far in constricting free exercise of religion." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Sessions: ‘Primacy of law’ been disrespected during the last few years

Kelly Cohen · October 11, 2017 8:53 pm

Josh Hawley Running for Claire McCaskill’s Missouri Senate Seat

Andrew Egger · October 10, 2017 2:39 pm

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., reintroduced the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators give criminal justice reform another try

Kelly Cohen · October 4, 2017 7:19 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday that NFL should require players to stand during the national anthem. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Sessions: NFL should require players to stand during national anthem

Anna Giaritelli · September 27, 2017 12:36 pm

Justice Department officials will meet with reporters to discuss possible changes to the way the government deals with reporters who are leaked classified information. In August, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told reporters that the Justice Department would review its policy on when to subpoena journalists in these cases (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justice Department meets the press Monday to discuss reporter subpoenas

Kelly Cohen · September 27, 2017 12:34 pm

More than 30 Georgetown University Law Center professors signed a statement that condemns the "hypocrisy of Attorney General Sessions speaking about free speech" in light of the Trump administration's stances on various related issues. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Georgetown law professors will take a knee outside Jeff Sessions’ speech

Anna Giaritelli · September 26, 2017 2:32 pm

President Trump affirmed his support for Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a rally in Alabama. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Trump praises Jeff Sessions on his home turf

Diana Stancy Correll · September 23, 2017 12:29 am

The money will be doled out through federal grants, the National Institute of Justice, drug and treatment courts nationwide, and other grant programs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Justice Department injects $60 million into drug battle

Kelly Cohen · September 22, 2017 9:15 pm

Sessions will likely field questions about a July report that he discussed Trump campaign-related matters with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jeff Sessions to appear before Senate Judiciary on Oct. 18

Kelly Cohen · September 20, 2017 10:51 pm

"Adhering to the First Amendment requires more than rhetoric," the professors wrote. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian via AP)

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Alan Dershowitz: Does the president have the right to expect loyalty from his attorney general?

Alan Dershowitz · September 20, 2017 7:25 pm