Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General

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Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, became a close adviser to Donald J. Trump after endorsing him early in his campaign. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times 

 

Mr. Sessions was also under consideration for secretary of defense, creating debate within the Trump transition team over which job he should fill.

Mr. Sessions, a former prosecutor elected to the Senate in 1996, serves on the Judiciary Committee and has opposed immigration reform as well as bipartisan proposals to cut mandatory minimum prison sentences.

Source : Newyork Times