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Jeff Sessions

  1. exhibit a
    Geoffrey Berman Says the Next Trump Administration Would Be WorseThe former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan had up-close experience with some of the worst figures in the Justice Department.
    By Ankush Khardori
  2. 2022 midterms
    Sex, Trump, and Insurrection: Alabama Republicans Are at It AgainWith Mo Brooks winning Trump’s endorsement and John Merrill imploding in a sex scandal, Alabama’s 2022 Senate primary is off to a fine start.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. 2022 midterms
    Capitol Riot Rabble-rouser Mo Brooks Running for SenateThe congressman was outflanked on his right in Alabama’s 2017 Senate race. That will not happen this time around.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. family separation
    Jeff Sessions Reportedly Told U.S. Attorneys ‘We Need to Take Away Children’A Department of Justice draft IG report claims that former heads Sessions and Rosenstein spearheaded the family separation of children and infants.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. 2020 elections
    Tuberville Ends Jeff Sessions’s Political Career in Alabama Primary RunoffThe former Auburn coach isn’t a cinch against Democratic senator Doug Jones, but he did dramatically reverse Sessions’s once dazzling success.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. court is in sessions
    Jeff Sessions Keeps Getting WorseA new profile at the New York Times Magazine vivifies the warning about Sessions that Coretta Scott King gave in 1986.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. 2020 elections
    Biden’s Surge Could Flip the Senate — and Boost His PresidencyA rising tide from the top of the ticket may lift Democrats to control of the Senate, which would make a successful Biden administration more likely.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. supreme court
    Supreme Court Thwarts Trump’s Effort to Kill DACAThe Court rebuked Trump for the second time this week, blocking him from ending the program that protects Dreamers from deportation, for now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. 2020 elections
    Obamagate Could Be the Last Nail in the Coffin for Jeff SessionsA new poll shows him trailing by more than 20 points in the race for his old Alabama Senate seat. The GOP obsession with the “witch hunt” may be why.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. 2020 elections
    Trump Campaign Attacks Sessions For Too Much Praise of TrumpIt’s not enough for Trump to endorse Sessions’s primary opponent. He wants his former Attorney General to stop taking his name in vain.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. 2020 elections
    Coronavirus-Scarred 2020 Congressional Landscape Leaning DemocraticThe Senate landscape is looking slightly bluer, and COVID-19 has frozen House races in ways that will make a Republican takeover more difficult.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. 2020 elections
    Trump Endorses Sessions Foe in AlabamaBacking Tommy Tuberville is Trump’s ultimate revenge on his former attorney general for failing to quash what became the Mueller investigation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. super tuesday
    There Were Down-Ballot Contests on Super Tuesday, TooFive states had down-ballot races, and some will shape the congressional landscape in November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. everything is fine
    At Least Roy Moore Won’t Be a U.S. SenatorThings aren’t all bad.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  15. impeachment
    House Republican Wants Impeachment of Trump to Include Impeachment of ObamaBradley Byrne, an Alabama Republicans who needs some MAGA magic, is going the extra mile to go after Trump’s hated predecessor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. vision 2020
    Jeff Sessions Announces Alabama Senate Bid By Sucking Up to TrumpThe former senator and attorney general debased himself for Trump’s approval in a new ad announcing his run against Doug Jones in Alabama.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. 2020 elections
    Will Trump Crush Jeff Sessions’s Senate Comeback?With Sessions ready to jump into the race for his old seat, his GOP rivals hope Trump punishes him for recusal in the Russia collusion investigation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. u.s. senate
    Jeff Sessions May Seek Old Senate Seat Despite Crowded FieldWill Donald Trump vengefully drop a hammer on his former attorney general?
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. 2020 alabama senate race
    Judge Roy Moore Rides Again Into a 2020 Senate RaceEverybody’s favorite theocrat and alleged mall creeper is again threatening to wreak havoc on his party’s Senate prospects in Alabama.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. mueller time
    11 Areas of Obstruction of Justice Mueller InvestigatedMueller’s findings of fact about Trump’s behavior hardly seem “exonerating” at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. mueller time
    Trump Told Lewandowski to Do His Dirty Work, Thwart Mueller ProbeBut Trump’s former campaign manager demurred.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. politics
    CNN Hires Former Spokeswoman for Jeff Sessions to Coordinate 2020 CoverageSarah Isgur has no experience as a journalist, but she has lots of experience as a political shill with questionable opinions.
    By Sarah Jones
  23. attorney general
    Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed SessionsBarr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. criminal justice reform
    Trump Finally Supports Kushner’s Compromise Criminal-Justice Reform BillIt’s not a done deal just yet, but Jared Kushner did get his father-in-law across the line after more than two years of delays.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. last night on late night
    SNL’s Jeff Sessions Gets a Fitting Farewell Gift From the PresidentBecause it’s gross.
    By Devon Ivie
  26. the national interest
    Trump Is Trapped, and Trying to Protect Himself at All CostsHolding him accountable serves not only Democrats’ self-interest but the rule of law. That process begins now.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: America’s Fever Is Still RisingTrump exits the midterms normalized and strengthened for 2020.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  28. department of justice
    Sessions Was Loyal to Trumpism, But Not Trump, and That Was His UndoingWith a Democratic House and the Mueller investigation both looming, copacetic ideology wasn’t enough to satisfy Trump anymore.
    By Sarah Jones
  29. the national interest
    Trump Has Found His Roy Cohn in Matt Whitaker. The Rule of Law Is Under Attack.Trump and Whitaker are completely transparent about their plan to corrupt the Department of Justice.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. jeff sessions
    Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns at Trump’s RequestHis interim replacement, Matthew Whitaker, once mused that a new attorney general could foil the Mueller probe by defunding it.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. feuds
    The Complete History of President Trump’s Feud With Jeff SessionsThe pair went from donning MAGA hats together to publicly sniping at each other — culminating in a dizzying post-midterms resignation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. jeff sessions
    Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns at Trump’s RequestHis interim replacement, Matthew Whitaker, once mused that a new attorney general could foil the Mueller probe by defunding it.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. select all
    Justice Department Sues California Over Net-Neutrality LawJeff Sessions was ready and waiting.
    By Brian Feldman
  34. russia investigation
    Sessions Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Trump-Putin Meeting, Says PapadopoulosPapadopoulos’s account indicates the attorney general may have perjured himself when he said he “pushed back” on the meeting pitch.
    By Chas Danner
  35. the national interest
    Trump’s War on Democracy Will Be Held in the Department of JusticeThe generalized debate about Trump’s authoritarianism has settled on a specific question.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. president trump
    Trump: DOJ Shouldn’t Have Indicted Republicans So Close to an ElectionIf you’re looking for some blatant corruption in your presidential tweets, this will do nicely.
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. 2018 midterms
    If Democrats Win Midterms, Trump Could Be Planning a November SurpriseTrump could use a lame-duck session to conduct a Saturday Night Massacre, or take other extreme steps to abuse his power.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. alabama
    Alabama Republicans Forsake Sessions for Trump, Who Looks Down on ThemNow Jeff Sessions’s old friends are abandoning him at the behest of a president who reportedly can’t stand southern accents or non-Ivy educations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Trump Is a Snob Who Secretly Despises His Own SupportersTrump mocks Jeff Sessions for his southern accent and lack of an Ivy League degree.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. trump white house
    Trump, Angered by Growing Legal Troubles, Finds Ways to Make Them Even WorseWith allies worried that he’s ill-equipped to handle new subpoenas, or even impeachment, Trump pushed out McGahn and resumed efforts to fire Sessions.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. russia probe
    Trump Would Still Like to Fire Sessions, Can’t Find the Right TimeTrump has been advised not to fire Sessions before the midterms … or if Democrats win the House … or if Mueller hasn’t wrapped up his investigation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. jeff sessions
    Jerry Falwell Jr. Urges Trump to Fire SessionsJeff Sessions was a long-time Christian-right stalwart and an early Trump endorser. But he’s violating a new litmus test: Don’t cross the boss.
    By Ed Kilgore'
  43. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Here’s Where Things Get Dangerous With TrumpHis new legal troubles are the beginning, not the end. He will defend himself, like every other mafia boss, to the bitter end.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  44. criminal justice reform
    Trump Overrules Kushner, Puts Hold on Criminal-Justice Reform BillIn the end, Trump listened to crime demagogues like Tom Cotton instead of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — or his own son-in-law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. criminal justice reform
    Criminal-Justice-Reform Deal Facing Opposition From Left and RightTrump’s support is crucial to a deal that would add sentencing reforms to a House-passed prison-reform bill. But Cotton and Booker aren’t on board.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    Donald Trump Hires the Worst People, According to Trump“Disgraceful,” “drugged-up loser,” “low-life” and other Trump descriptions of the people Trump hires.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. food politics
    Texas Restaurant Forced to Apologize After Posting Photo of Jeff SessionsOwners of Houston restaurant El Tiempo caught heat for sharing a post-meal photo of the attorney general on their Facebook page.
    By Nikita Richardson
  48. sessions in conempt
    Federal Judge Orders Plane Carrying Deported Mom and Child to Be Turned AroundThe judge suggested that Jeff Sessions could be held in contempt of court for the deportation, which he called “unacceptable.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  49. immigration
    Trump Admin Illegally Deporting Women Who Fled Unimaginable Violence, ACLU SaysThe ACLU is suing the government on behalf of asylum-seekers who were told they did not have “credible fear” of returning home.
    By Amanda Arnold
  50. ACLU Sues Sessions Over Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic and Gang ViolenceAfter a previous suit resulted in an order to reunite migrant families, the ACLU is taking aim at the Trump administration’s new limits on asylum.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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