“He sits beside the ranking Democrat Patrick Leahy who voted against Jeff Session`s nomination in that committee in 1986.” Quote by Lawrence O'Donnell
“Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried to get Jeff Sessions` nomination through that committee, but he couldn`t.” PresidentRepublicanFormerCandidatesSenateCommitteesSessionChairmanNominationsJudiciary Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions` nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a prosecutor in Alabama, he called the NAACP Un-American.” RepublicanDemocratRejectsSessionNominationsAlabamaProsecutorNaacp Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“He addressed a black lawyer as "boy". That`s why Jeff Sessions couldn`t get through Senate confirmation process under the old rules followed by Democrats and Republicans.” ProcessBlackBoysRepublicanDemocratLawyerSenateSessionConfirmation Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“If Jeff Sessions had been an editor of something like "Breitbart", Ronald Reagan wouldn`t have even nominated him.” IfsEditorsSession Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“[Donald] Trump is now. And we don`t know what the rules are now.” KnowsTrump Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Someone who traffics in much more than what Jeff Sessions said back then will be with the president every day in the White House as his senior strategist.” SaidHousePresidentWhiteWhite HouseTrafficSeniorSessionStrategist Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald Trump hasn`t decided, and most importantly, we don`t know if the old rules still apply.” IfsKnowsStillsTrumpDecided Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I`m just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as his national security adviser.” ProcessPresidentSecuritySourceTrumpFamiliarTransitionNational SecuritySelectAdviserLieutenants Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Lieutenant General Michael Flynn ran the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014. He served as a top national intelligence adviser to General Stanley McChrystal in Iraq.” IraqDefenseRanAgencyAdviserStanleyLieutenantsIntelligence AgenciesNational Intelligence Author:Lawrence O'Donnell