Jeff Sessions Talking Point December 14, 2018

Is Trump’s New Attorney General Nominee Just Another Jeff Sessions?

Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, is more qualified to do the job than Matt Whitaker—but so are thousands of others. His record, however, show’s he as bad as Jeff Sessions—if not worse. David Cole, national legal director of the ACLU and The Nation’s legal affairs correspondent, explains.

https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-attorney-general-william-barr-podcast/

Barr would be a Jeff Sessions clone at the Justice Department [Opinion]

The civil rights community breathed a sigh of relief last month when President Donald Trump finally parted ways with Jeff Sessions, his long-suffering attorney general. Even among Republican, Sessions was infamous for his commitment to outdated, draconian policies, from pursuing a new “war” on marijuana to doubling down on private prisons. And with so many conservatives now supporting criminal justice reform, almost anyone would be an improvement.

Except, perhaps, William Barr. Trump’s nominee to succeed Sessions, Barr appears to share most of Sessions’ most extreme views, having defended the former attorney general’s legacy and opposed any efforts to build a fairer justice system.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/We-don-t-need-a-Jeff-Sessions-clone-at-the-13464881.php

Back in Alabama, Jeff Sessions praises Trump, stays mum on future

https://www.al.com/news/2018/12/back-in-alabama-sessions-supports-record-mum-on-future.html