Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drastically limited the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use court-enforced agreements to overhaul local police departments accused of abuses and civil rights violations. In a major last-minute act, Sessions signed a memorandum on Wednesday before President Trump fired him sharply curtailing the use of consent decrees, court-approved […]
President Trump abruptly announced on Twitter Wednesday that Jeff Sessions is no longer the U.S. attorney general. “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country […]
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and General Counsel Brad Berry met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions Friday about the Justice Department tackling policing, voting rights and suppression affecting African Americans.
Sen. Kamala Harris gave a rousing, condemning speech against Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is nominated for U.S. Attorney General.
In a letter, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. crafted a scathing critique of Sessions saying that to grant him a federal judgeship would “irreparably damage the work of my husband.”
GOP Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions was once rejected as a federal judge over allegations he called a Black attorney “boy.”
