--- title: Jeff Sessions Begins Confirmation Hearings: Watch Live description: The confirmation hearings for Sen. Jeff Sessions will begin Tuesday, putting him in the spotlight as he hopes to become Attorney General canonical: https://time.com/4629991/watch-live-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-10T13:48:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:13:05.541Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Jeff Sessions Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General og:description: His nomination by Donald Trump was controversial og:url: https://time.com/4629991/watch-live-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74160a779ba7d493/6988b4eaab6d7771716ac6c6/jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Meets With Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Jeff Sessions Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General twitter:description: His nomination by Donald Trump was controversial twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74160a779ba7d493/6988b4eaab6d7771716ac6c6/jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Jeff Sessions Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing for Attorney General > Sponsored content. 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Jeff Sessions stressed his reputation in the Senate when he testified before a key committee Tuesday that could decide whether he becomes Donald Trump’s attorney general_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 10, 2017 1:48 PM UTC  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 10, 2017 1:48 PM UTC The [confirmation hearings](http://time.com/4629821/donald-trump-cabinet-picks-senate-confirmation/) for [Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4623936/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-hearings-senate/?xid=homepage) will begin Tuesday morning, putting the Alabama Senator in the spotlight as he hopes to become U.S. Attorney General in Donald Trump’s administration. Trump’s selection of Sessions has already received heavy [opposition](http://time.com/4629246/khizr-khan-senate-judiciary-committee-jeff-sessions/) from Democrats. [New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker](http://time.com/4629968/cory-booker-jeff-sessions-confirmation/) said he will take the unprecedented step of testifying against Sessions during his hearings. Democratic Senators are expected to focus on Sessions’ record on justice and civil rights issues. His inflammatory comments on race caused the Senate Judiciary Committee to block him from becoming a federal judge when he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Watch the proceedings live here. ## Transcript Would you raise your hand please, and answer this question. Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? [ UNKNOWN ] [ INAUDIBLE ] No. Trump. No KKK. No fascist U. S. A. No Trump. No KKK. No fascist U. S. A. You know that I'm a man of my word and can be trusted to do what I say I will do. Let me address another issue straight on. I was accused in 1986 of failing to protect the voting rights of African Americans by presenting the Perry County case, a voter fraud case. And of condemning civil rights advocates and organizations. And even harboring, amazingly, sympathies for the KKK These are generally false charges. With regard to Secretary Clinton and some of the comments I made, I do believe that that could place my objectivity in question. I've given that thought. I believe the proper thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving Those kind of investigations that involve Secretary Clinton. It is the law of the land, it is been so established and settled for quite a long time and it deserve respect and I would respect it and follow it. Many people do have religious views that are inimical to public safety of the United States. I did not want to have a resolution that suggested that that could not be a factor in the vetting process before someone is admitted. But I have no belief, and do not support the idea that Muslims as a religious group should be Denied admission to the United States. I believe the American people spoke clearly in this election. I believe they agreed with my basic view, and I think it's a good view, a decent view, a solid legal view for the United States of America that we create a lawful system of immigration That allows people to apply to this country, and if they're accepted they get in, if they're not accepted they don't get in, and I believe that's right and just, and the American people are right to ask for it. 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