Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I know the Civil--you understand that?"

"But there still remain concerns about how that case was handled, and I do not think they are going to be resolved unless the people actually involved in it are allowed to testify or to give evidence."

"I would just say how proud I am of Birmingham for its principled and sincere effort to confront its past where racial discrimination was far too prevalent."

"You have been a critic of politicizing the Department, and I think you should take care to make sure that you do not."