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Jeff Sessions, a Wild Senate Race and Trump's 'Personal Feelings'

By Byron York
Wednesday, May 27 2020

Jeff Sessions is in a surreal place. He spent 20 years as a senator from Alabama, followed by 21 months as U.S. Attorney General, and now he is in a tightly competitive race to win back his old Senate seat. He was the first important national figure in government to endorse candidate Donald Trump back in early 2016. That endorsement was an important boost for Trump, whom other Republicans were dismissing at the time. The newly elected Trump picked Sessions for attorney general. At the Justice Department, Sessions worked hard to implement the president's agenda on issues like immigration and crime.…

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