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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
The Solicitor General should have told the Attorney General, 'We cannot not defend that statute. It does not comply with the law.'
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions insists on the Solicitor General's duty to defend statutory law.

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Apr 24, 2018

I don't think that statement needs modifying, but it's obviously in context that the President of the United States clearly has a constitutional power to execute pardons.

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Sep 16, 2019

I'm not going to unrecuse myself because I have a conflict, because I did--was involved in the campaign and knew some things, can't do it.

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Apr 24, 2018

This is the biggest breach of that relationship I've seen in my 40 years of law enforcement.

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