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During Sessions's Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on January 10, Senator Al Franken asked him what he would do as attorney general "if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign". Franken was referring to a news report alleging that Russia ...
For example, upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch left her position, so then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who had also tendered her resignation, was asked to stay on to serve as the acting attorney general until the confirmation of the new attorney general Jeff Sessions ...
The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution. Before confirmation and during congressional hearings a high-level career member of an executive department heads this pre-confirmed cabinet on an acting basis.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave widely anticipated testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday afternoon. Jeff Sessions explains why he recused himself from Trump ...
The 119th Congress is around the corner, and confirmation battles featuring President-elect Trump’s slate of nominees are set to take center stage. Since Trump’s rapid rollout of choices, two ...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. before the presidential election last year, his spokeswoman confirmed. Attorney General Sessions had contact with Russian ...
On March 10, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions requested the resignations of 46 United States Attorneys. [33] Trump declined to accept the resignations of Dana Boente , who was serving as Acting Deputy Attorney General, and Rod Rosenstein , whom Trump had selected to become Deputy Attorney General.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Thursday afternoon that he would recuse himself from "any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for ...