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Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions and his allies, at the first
confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trumps Cabinet picks,
mounted a full-scale response Tuesday to what they described as
character attacks against him decrying false charges about his past
while offering assurances that if confirmed he would uphold and enforce
the law.
We can never have a political dispute turn into a criminal dispute, the
Alabama Republican senator said.
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The hearing itself lasted all day and was interrupted repeatedly by
protesters shouting epithets at the nominee, whom opponents have tried to
paint as anti-immigrant.
Democrats also used the session to probe the nominee on his views on
everything from abortion to marijuana policy - and challenge him on the
president-elects controversial comments and views. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-
Vt., at one point asked Sessions about leaked 2005 footage in which Trump
was heard making lewd comments about grabbing women.
"Is grabbing a woman by her genitals without her consent sexual assault?"
Leahy asked.
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impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting
rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters, Sessions
said, insisting he did not harbor racial animosities.
Citing crime spikes in major cities like Chicago as well as the growing
heroin epidemic, he said: These trends cannot continue. It is a
fundamental civil right to be safe in your home and your community.
Grassley also praised Sessions record. We know him well, said Grassley,
R-Iowa. The members of this committee know him to be a leader who
has served the people of Alabama and all Americans with integrity, with
dedication and with courage.
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John Kelly, a retired Marine general, had his hearing Tuesday afternoon
before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee, while secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson heads to the Hill on
Wednesday. Other key hearings have been delayed amid concerns from
Democrats.
But Republicans have expressed strong support and are expected to secure
more than enough votes needed to confirm him, including from some
Democrats in conservative-leaning states.
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Sessions was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and before that served as
state attorney general and a United States attorney. He's been a reliably
conservative voice in Congress, supporting government surveillance
programs, objecting to the proposed closure of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
detention facility and opposing as too lenient a 2013 bipartisan
immigration bill that included a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11
million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
Civil rights advocates have rallied against his nomination, with protesters
staging a sit-in last week at a Sessions office in Alabama and circulating
letters opposed to his nomination. Advocacy groups have drawn attention
to positions from Sessions they fear could weaken legal protections for
immigrants, minority voters and gays, lesbians and transgender people.
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