Tag: Attorneys General

The Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, said Sunday on CNN that the Senate Intelligence Committee, which Sessions said he'd speak in front of on Tuesday, isn't made up of lawyers like the judiciary committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Dianne Feinstein: Jeff Sessions should go before Senate Judiciary Committee to answer obstruction of justice questions

Kyle Feldscher · June 11, 2017 1:23 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces a fresh volley of perjury claims this week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jeff Sessions faces second wave of perjury fever

Daniel Chaitin · June 10, 2017 11:53 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify Tuesday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee to answer accusations from former FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeff Sessions offers to testify in front of Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday

Kyle Feldscher · June 10, 2017 9:23 pm

Oil giant asks court to stop Eric Schneiderman's investigation that it calls "harassment."

Exxon Mobil blasts New York AG’s ‘sham’ climate investigation

John Siciliano · June 9, 2017 11:22 pm

Sessions also suggested during his confirmation hearing that he would likely recuse himself from any investigations related to the campaign since he openly supported Trump throughout the 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Lewandowski: James Comey ‘wanted Jeff Sessions removed’ from Russia probe

Sean Langille · June 9, 2017 3:05 pm

The attorney general met with the Russian ambassador during the campaign on two prior occasions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Comey says Sessions may have met with Russian envoy a third time: Reports

Anna Giaritelli · June 8, 2017 11:53 pm

However, one New York Times editor managed somehow to mangle this portion of the former FBI director's testimony. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Beltway Confidential

No, Jeff Sessions never told James Comey to call the Russia probe a ‘matter’ instead of an ‘investigation’

Becket Adams · June 8, 2017 7:31 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch asked him to downplay the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails by not calling it an investigation. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

James Comey: Loretta Lynch told me not to call Clinton email probe an ‘investigation’

Kelly Cohen · June 8, 2017 3:06 pm

The statement comes more than a day after the initial refusal to talk about Trump's relationship with Sessions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

White House still won’t say if Trump has confidence in Jeff Sessions

Alex Pappas · June 7, 2017 8:19 pm

Reports indicate Trump and Sessions have been at odds for months. (AP)

National Security

Sessions praises Trump FBI pick Christopher Wray amid reports of tension

Alex Pappas · June 7, 2017 4:10 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to testify on the status of documents related to Operation Fast and Furious currently being withheld by the agency. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Jeff Sessions won’t testify before Oversight Committee on Fast and Furious documents

Melissa Quinn · June 7, 2017 2:56 pm

Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, right, with Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division in 2004. President Trump nominated Wray to become the FBI director. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Beltway Confidential

That time Christopher Wray and James Comey threatened President George W. Bush with resignation

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 2:00 pm