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# Jeff Sessions


## Jeff Sessions


* ![Senate Attorney General, Washington, USA - 09 Jan 2019](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bd8d348a4d11e9e/69894342096a9469706a45cc/william-barr-attorney-general.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2019  
## [Barr Facing 'Tough Questions'](https://time.com/5502078/william-barr-confirmation-hearings/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers
* ![Trump Attends Panel Discussion On Opioid Addction At White House](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33018b4019b96b12/6988f745bc6cfc82813e4926/trump-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 7, 2018  
## [Jeff Sessions Just Resigned as Attorney General. Here’s a Timeline of His Rocky Relationship With President Trump](https://time.com/5203216/trump-sessions-timeline/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers and Katie Reilly
* ![COMBO-US-POLITICS-INVESTIGATION-RUSSIA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01f0d2a92c87dbca/69893e85457a523aa1d5fd27/jeff-sessions-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 7, 2018  
## [Read the Resignation Letter Attorney General Jeff Sessions Submitted to President Trump](https://time.com/5448235/read-jeff-sessions-resignation-letter-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Kathy Ehrich Dowd
* ![US Chinese Spying, Washington, USA - 01 Nov 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4adeda1469da5710/69893e83656a3fdc62bd5e8c/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-resigns.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 7, 2018  
## [Members of Congress Respond to Jeff Sessions' Firing](https://time.com/5448238/jeff-sessions-fired-congress-reaction/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alana Abramson
* ![Immigration Separating Families Lawsuit, Boston, USA - 06 Sep 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2e60fae76349f29/69893afce76ad203e2633119/migrants-second-chance-asylum-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 25, 2018  
## [Migrants Get a Second Chance at Asylum. But It's Still an Uphill Battle](https://time.com/5404850/immigration-asylum-credible-fear/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by The Texas Tribune  
* ![Emmet Flood Trump Lawyer](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52b1754c57174b1e/6989390486f68ecf436ea080/emmet-flood-trump-lawyer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2018  
## [Lawyer Swap](https://time.com/5381999/don-mcgahn-emmet-flood-white-house-counsel/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Brian Bennett
* ![US Vice President Mike Pence \(L\) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan \(R\) applaud as US President Donald J. Trump \(C\) arrives to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA,](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab5330d24d83458d/6988cb1abc6cfcd1b83e11d0/president-trump-100-days-photos-049.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 6, 2018  
## [President Trump Told Congress Something Untrue. Here's Why That's a Big Deal](https://time.com/5359041/donald-trump-terrorism-claim-fact-check/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abigail Simon
* ![President Trump Holds A Cabinet Meeting](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53eb16ec3b2e389e/69893612096a945bfa6a2fc0/gettyimages-1001282834.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2018  
## [Jeff Sessions Laughs as Students Chant 'Lock Her Up'](https://time.com/5347160/jeff-sessions-lock-her-up-students-chant/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Siobhan Morrin
* ![AG Jeff Sessions Discusses Immigration Enforcement Actions At US-Mexico Border](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ee089e7655a193/69892fc1656a3f4763bd45b7/jeff-sessions-border-crossings-illegal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2018  
## [The Trump Administration Dropped Asylum Protection for Survivors of Domestic Violence](https://time.com/5308781/the-trump-administration-dropped-asylum-protection-for-survivors-of-domestic-violence/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![Sessions greets law-enforcement officers in Kentucky.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bf67d6674d875cc/69892c4e929fad2a2dbf01fc/jeff-sessions-trump-america-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 29, 2018  
## [Jeff Sessions Is Winning for Donald Trump. If Only He Can Keep His Job](https://time.com/5220086/jeff-sessions-is-winning-for-donald-trump-if-only-he-can-keep-his-job/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Molly Ball  
* ![On Abraham Lincolns birthday, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks in the Lincoln Hall of Union League of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA, on February 12, 2018.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e3192687bdb36bf/698927cabc6cfcfcb63e5097/gettyimages-917494600.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 15, 2018  
## ['We Must Confront This Problem.' Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Florida School Shooting](https://time.com/5160368/florida-school-shooting-jeff-sessions/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith
* ![Carter Page](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdde7d161055a2310/6988c26497cdff313c6b0342/trump-russia_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2018  
## [Who Is Carter Page? Meet the Donald Trump Advisor at the Center of the GOP Memo](https://time.com/5128614/carter-page-gop-memo-fisa-warrant/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith and Alana Abramson
* ![US-POLITICS-SECURITY-IMMIGRATION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt939e97d3a32ff787/6988f7e54ee2629b3031075a/trump-year-one-timeline-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 23, 2018  
## [Jeff Sessions Interviewed as Part of Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation](https://time.com/5114360/jeff-sessions-interviewed-robert-mueller/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers
* ![Pueblo County is one of the only places in Colorado that allows for commercial cannabis grows outside, such as the marijuana farm Los Sueños Farms LLC.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48ae25f94ab096be/6988f746096a94838f6a0ffc/jeff-sessions-marijuana-republicans.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2018  
## [White House Crackdown on Legal Marijuana Could Hurt Republicans](https://time.com/5089940/heres-why-a-marijuana-crackdown-could-spell-disaster-for-republicans/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![Trump Attends Panel Discussion On Opioid Addction At White House](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33018b4019b96b12/6988f745bc6cfc82813e4926/trump-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2018  
## [President Trump Wanted to Fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions for Not 'Protecting' Him. The Constitution Says That's OK](https://time.com/5089974/president-trump-power-fire-attorney-general/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers

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