Political Quotes

Jeff Sessions: “The presumption came into place on July 20th of this year that these cases would be tried in Federal courts, and that…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2009
The presumption came into place on July 20th of this year that these cases would be tried in Federal courts, and that inevitably requires a far more--a far larger increase in Miranda warnings than ever has been done in the history of this Republic, or any other nation, to my knowledge.
Said by
Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions highlights the implications of trying cases in Federal courts on Miranda warnings.

Share

More from Jeff Sessions

Jun 14, 2021

I believe that we are involved in a crisis in this country. We have been through one. I think January 6 was a very difficult time and a crisis.

congress.gov
Jun 18, 2019

I think we ought to clarify it one way or the other so the public is out there not breaking Federal law.

congress.gov
Oct 6, 2020

It hasn't been good, and the American people don't like the idea that we're separating families. We never really intended to do that.

msnbc.com
Mar 5, 2019

I see that the fact that no one was being prosecuted for this as a factor in a five-fold increase in four years in this kind of illegal immigration so, yes, hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the port of…

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation