Sessions Responds to Questions on Trump’s “Muslim Ban” Statements

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Sessions Responds to Questions on Trump’s “Muslim Ban” Statements

By Michael Cades

Posted January 11, 2017 at 4:31pm

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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be attorney general — Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. — responded to a round of questions from Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., during a hearing on his nomination Tuesday.

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