Trump’s Attorney General Pick Once Rejected for Seat on Federal Bench

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President-elect ‘s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, will be facing his first confirmation hearing since 1986 when a Senate panel rejected his appointment to the federal bench. Mr. Sessions would later get elected Alabama attorney general and U.S. senator from the state, a job he’s had since 1997. But his failed confirmation decades ago could loom again […]

(via WSJ)

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