Jeff Sessions – Roundup Newswires

Pelosi: ‘beyond belief’ that Trump DoJ chiefs didn’t know of secret subpoenas

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House speaker says reported seizure of Democrats’ private phone data undermined ‘rule of law’

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said on Sunday it was “beyond belief” that the three top justice department officials of Donald Trump’s administration had been unaware of secret subpoenas seeking private data from the former president’s political opponents.

Jeff Sessions, Trump’s first pick as attorney general, his successor, William Barr, and the long-serving deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein have all claimed to have no knowledge of the alleged attempts by their department to harvest information covertly from leading Democrats during the investigation into whether Donald Trump and his campaign utilized links with Russia during the 2016 election, according to CNN.

Trump DoJ seized Washington Post reporters’ phone records, paper says

Admin — Sat, 08 May 2021 14:09:02 +0000

Newspaper ‘deeply troubled’ by revelation that records were secretly obtained over three months in 2017

The phone-call records of three reporters with the Washington Post were secretly obtained by officials with Donald Trump’s justice department over a period of three months in 2017, the newspaper reported.

Trump: Sessions was not ‘mentally qualified’ to be attorney general

Admin — Sun, 24 May 2020 19:44:00 +0000

Sessions protests loyalty to Trump despite fierce abuse
President endorses opponent in Alabama Senate election

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions’ playground fight continued into Sunday. In an interview with Sinclair TV, Trump said Sessions had not been “mentally qualified” to be his first attorney general.

Sessions ‘hostage tape’ 2020 ad lauds Trump, the man who humiliated him

Admin — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 14:05:11 +0000

Senate candidate and ex-attorney general releases 30-second spot to praise the ‘great job’ the president who fired him is doing

Jeff Sessions’ first ad as a candidate for US Senate in Alabama does not mention that he is running to return to a seat he won in 1996 and filled until 2016. Instead, the 30-second clip focuses on praising Donald Trump – the president who fired Sessions as attorney general in November 2018 after ritually humiliating him on the national stage.

Mueller report: the key takeaways from the Trump-Russia investigation

Admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:45:07 +0000

The special counsel found 11 instances in which Trump and his campaign’s actions may have amounted to obstruction of justice

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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s highly-anticipated report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was made public on Thursday, examining potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow and whether Donald Trump obstructed justice.

The special counsel found 11 “episodes” in which Trump’s actions may have amounted to obstruction of justice, detailing several instances in which the president’s demands to interfere with the investigation were blocked by his aides.

Experts Say that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Recusal Was…

Admin — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 19:56:40 +0000

Experts Say that Attorney General Jeff Sessions's Recusal Was Not Necessary - The Basic Question Behind This Decision Is Still Unanswered WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: U.S. Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions attends a meeting with Senate Judic... Continue reading →

Bar Association Questioned Kavanaugh’s Temperament and Honesty in 2006

Admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 22:41:18 +0000

When Brett M. Kavanaugh was preparing for his second confirmation hearing for a seat on a federal appeals court in 2006, he got some unwelcome news. The American Bar Association, which had earlier given him its highest rating, had reconsidered. Continue reading →

Lawsuit to compel release of Kavanaugh docs inches forward

Admin — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:47:01 +0000

A lawsuit filed by a Democratic senator from Oregon aiming to compel the Trump administration to release 100,000 pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is inching forward in federal court, with an Obama nominee assigned to hear it. Sen. Jeff Merkley's lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in the nation's capital, has been overshadowed by sexual harassment accusations against the nominee, but the case remains alive, with summonses prepared for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and others, court documents show.

Axl Rose on Donald Trump: ‘We Don’t Have a President’

Admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:18:02 +0000

Rose's latest criticism turns around Trump's recent tantrum against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, with the GN'R frontman adding, "We don't have a President." Rose actually spoke out against Sessions being selected for Attorney General in the weeks fo... Continue reading →

Trump rips Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

Admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:29:00 +0000

Trump, in a Hill.TV interview released on Wednesday, said that he's "so sad over Jeff Sessions," whom he has repeatedly denounced for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. "He was the first senator that endorsed me. Continue reading →

Trump says he’s ‘very disappointed’ in AG Jeff Sessions

Admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:23:23 +0000

President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday , offering a scathing assessment of his performance on the job and in his confirmation hearing. "I don't have an attorney general. Continue reading →

Trump: ‘Decision’ Would Follow ‘Credible’ Kavanaugh Accuser Testimony

Admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:17:10 +0000

President Donald Trump nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in the East Room of the White House in July. President Donald Trump appeared to signal he might reconsider Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nominatio... Continue reading →

Trump rips into Jeff Sessions: ‘I don’t have an Attorney General’

Admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +0000

President Trump tore into Jeff Sessions in an interview published Wednesday, going so far as to say "I don't have an attorney general" -- although he appeared to later soften the statement. In an interview with The Hill , Trump said the beleagured Sess... Continue reading →

DOJ Didn’t Want To Request Census Question During FBI’s ‘Comey Matter’

Admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 03:47:30 +0000

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with former FBI Director James Comey and other officials at the Department of Justice in April 2017, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with former FBI Direc... Continue reading →

Trump’s jabs at Sessions could eclipse AG’s accomplishments

Admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:41:18 +0000

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vigorously pushed President Donald Trump 's agenda at the Justice Department , and before that, spent 20 years championing conservative causes in the Senate . Yet as Sessions enters what may be the final stretch of his tenure, those efforts are at risk of being eclipsed by his boss' relentless verbal jabs that have made the attorney general seem like a perpetual presidential punching bag.

Papadopoulos: Trump campaign members a fully awarea of efforts to set Putin meeting

Admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:18:06 +0000

George Papadopoulos, the one-time foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump who became swept up in the special counsel investigation, says members of the Trump campaign team were "fully aware" and in many cases supportive of his efforts to broker a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I actively sought to leverage my contacts with the professor to host this meeting," Papadopoulos told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on This Week Sunday.

Worthless #NeverTrumper Ben Sasse Warns Trump Not to Fire His AWOL Attorney General

Admin — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:12:49 +0000

NeverTrumper Senator Ben Sasse was quick to react on Thursday after President Trump slammed his AWOL Attorney General for ignoring the many glaring criminal actions by Democrats and Deep State operatives since he was sworn into office. Republican senat... Continue reading →

Trump Renews Criticism of Sessions Over Mueller Investigation

Admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:29:26 +0000

U.S. President Donald Trump again laced into Jeff Sessions, his attorney general, on Saturday after Sessions defended himself from the president's scathing criticism over his recusal from a probe into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election. In a rare rebuttal to Trump, Sessions said on Thursday that he "took control of the Department of Justice" the day he became attorney general, and that "the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations."

Phillip Tutor: Jeff Sessions’ fear of a changing America

Admin — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 03:16:08 +0000

Jeff Sessions' Christian denomination, the United Methodists, formally censured him six weeks ago. Don't forget that. Continue reading →

Sessions defends deputy after impeachment move

Admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:41:00 +0000

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended his top deputy Thursday after a handful of congressional Republicans moved this week to impeach him. Speaking in Boston, Sessions said he has the "highest confidence" in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstei... Continue reading →