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Jeff Sessions: “As Attorney General, you have to follow the law, you have to be consistent, and you have to be honorable in your…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
As Attorney General, you have to follow the law, you have to be consistent, and you have to be honorable in your decisionmaking.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the importance of legality and honor in decision-making as Attorney General.

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