Jeff Sessions actually said...

"You have repeatedly given speeches proclaiming the Civil Rights Division is back open for business or that the voting booth is once again being protected."

"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."