Jeff Sessions: “You are going to get less actionable intelligence than if you did not do so.”

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.

Do you believe that you would come under political pressure from leading Democrats on this committee who want you to arrest 500 more people?

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.

What he decides to do over at the Justice Department will be independent of political considerations over at the White House.