Jeff Sessions

American politician and lawyer · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1946 · age 79

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018.

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2018Time 100Award2017“I love that program (asset forfeiture). We had so much fun doing that, taking drug dealers' money and passing it out to people trying to put drug dealers in jail.”In their words1 September 2017Sessions welcomes restoration of asset forfeiture: "I love that program"Read the whole statement

2016“This country does not discriminate.”In their wordsInterview with Matt Murphy (2016)Read the whole statement

2014Member of the Alabama Academy of HonorAward2007“The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the Constitution than protect our nation’s security.”In their words17 December 2007Said in a derogatory tone on the floor of the U.S. Senate on MondayRead the whole statement

1946Born24 December 1946

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Senators Sessions and Richard Shelby with FEMA Director James Lee Witt, 1998

Senators Sessions and Richard Shelby meet with President George W. Bush, 2004

Official photo of Sessions as Senator, 2004

Senators Sessions and Saxby Chambliss talk to sailors, NAS Sigonella, Italy, 2004

Sessions speaking at a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on August 31, 2016

Sessions arriving at Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017

Sessions being sworn in at his confirmation hearing on January 10, 2017

Awards

Time 1002018

Member of the Alabama Academy of Honor2014

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

About this person

A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serve as attorney general in the first administration of President Donald Trump. Trump fired Sessions in 2018 due to his inaction and recusal from the Russian collusion probes.

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United States