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On 18 November 2016, the Presidential transition team announced via a press release that [[President-elect Trump]] had picked Sessions as his designee for [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]].<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38027519 "Trump election: Jeff Sessions picked for top law job"]''</ref> | On 18 November 2016, the Presidential transition team announced via a press release that [[President-elect Trump]] had picked Sessions as his designee for [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]].<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38027519 "Trump election: Jeff Sessions picked for top law job"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | On 10 March 2017, Jeff Sessions, [[US Attorney General]], abruptly asked the remaining 46 chief federal prosecutors left over from the Obama administration to resign,<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/11/jeffsessions-asks-46-obama-era-us-attorneys-resign/</ref> | ||
==Cheney Loophole== | ==Cheney Loophole== | ||
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| Born | Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III 24 December 1946 Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Huntingdon College, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
| Religion | United Methodist |
| Children | 3 |
| Spouse | Mary Blackshear |
| Member of | House and Senate Taiwan Caucus |
| Party | Republican |
Jefferson "Jeff" Sessions (born 24 December 1946) is the Republican Party's US Senator from Alabama.[1] In 2009, The Guardian said he was "known to be one of the most consistently conservative legislators on Capitol Hill."[2]
On 18 November 2016, the Presidential transition team announced via a press release that President-elect Trump had picked Sessions as his designee for Attorney General.[3]
Trump Administration
On 10 March 2017, Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General, abruptly asked the remaining 46 chief federal prosecutors left over from the Obama administration to resign,[4]
Cheney Loophole
- Full article: Cheney Loophole
- Full article: Cheney Loophole
A January 2017 article entitled "How Jeff Sessions Profited from Introducing a Fracking Exemption for Drinking Water Rules" suggested Sessions and his family profited from introducing the "Cheney Loophole" to exempt the fracking industry from the Safe Drinking Water Act.[5]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Forum/2015 | 20 March 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Cleve North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The 2015 main theme was (R)evolution. |
References
- ↑ "Hardline Anti-Immigration Reform Senator Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump"
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/may/05/jeff-sessions-arlen-specter-judiciary-committee
- ↑ "Trump election: Jeff Sessions picked for top law job"
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/11/jeffsessions-asks-46-obama-era-us-attorneys-resign/
- ↑ https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/01/10/jeff-sessions-fracking-drinking-water-rules-cashed-in
