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+ | }}'''Jefferson "Jeff" Sessions''' is the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s [[United States Senate|US Senator]] from Alabama.<ref>''[http://gawker.com/hardline-anti-immigration-reform-senator-jeff-sessions-1761845361 "Hardline Anti-Immigration Reform Senator Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump"]''</ref> In 2009, ''[[The Guardian]]'' said he was "known to be one of the most consistently conservative legislators on Capitol Hill."<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/may/05/jeff-sessions-arlen-specter-judiciary-committee</ref> | ||
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− | + | Jeff Sessions became [[United States Attorney General]] on February 9, 2017, under [[Donald Trump]]. On 10 March 2017 he 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> In May{{cn}} he asked [[James Comey]] to resign.<ref>http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-was-behind-the-firing-of-fbi-director-james-comey-what-political-interests-are-being-served-who-is-andrew-mccabe/5589386</ref> | |
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+ | In January 2018, he announced he would allow federal prosecutors to crack down on [[marijuana]] businesses in states that have legalized the drug, a decision which resulted in a strong bipartisan backlash, "splitting the GOP and bolstering Democrats and others who favor legalization."<ref>https://www.alternet.org/drugs/4-unexpected-ways-experts-predict-sessions-reefer-madness-decision-might-shake-out-2018</ref> | ||
==Cheney Loophole== | ==Cheney Loophole== | ||
{{FA|Cheney Loophole}} | {{FA|Cheney Loophole}} |
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Born | Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III 24 December 1946 Selma, Alabama, U.S. | |||||||||||
Nationality | US | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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Jefferson "Jeff" Sessions 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]
Career
US Attorney General
Jeff Sessions became United States Attorney General on February 9, 2017, under Donald Trump. On 10 March 2017 he asked the remaining 46 chief federal prosecutors left over from the Obama administration to resign.[3] In May[citation needed] he asked James Comey to resign.[4]
In January 2018, he announced he would allow federal prosecutors to crack down on marijuana businesses in states that have legalized the drug, a decision which resulted in a strong bipartisan backlash, "splitting the GOP and bolstering Democrats and others who favor legalization."[5]
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.[6]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Brussels Forum/2015 | 20 March 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Cleve | 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. |
Halifax International Security Forum/2010 | 20 November 2010 | 22 November 2010 | Canada Halifax Nova Scotia | Spooky conference in Canada in November 2010 |
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
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/11/jeffsessions-asks-46-obama-era-us-attorneys-resign/
- ↑ http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-was-behind-the-firing-of-fbi-director-james-comey-what-political-interests-are-being-served-who-is-andrew-mccabe/5589386
- ↑ https://www.alternet.org/drugs/4-unexpected-ways-experts-predict-sessions-reefer-madness-decision-might-shake-out-2018
- ↑ https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/01/10/jeff-sessions-fracking-drinking-water-rules-cashed-in