Jeff Sessions actually said...

"Well, that is what this was. I mean, you told them: You will either agree to this kind of sentence, or I am going to do something that is unprecedented."

"I thought that was an unfair complaint because I thought at least traditionally that we've always done that."

"I think the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is a very important thing."

"He told this Committee his first priority was to work to strengthen the activities of the Federal Government and to protect the American people from terrorism, so I think that was a good statement."