Brooks: Sessions' questions about consent decrees & support for mand mins is bad, but record of voting rights is "perhaps most disturbing."
Mukasey says he has no doubt Sessions will provide leadership for the Justice Dep't that is independent from the White House.
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"He'll be able to serve us well," FOP head Canterbury says of Sessions.
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Kirsanow: Indictment in voting fraud case Sessions is criticized over shows it was two divergent groups of Dems that led to investigation.
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Hatch: Can an AG enforce laws that he personally opposes? Mukasey: Yes. [This was not the most probing question of the day.]
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Durbin asking Mukasey about Russia allegations and what happens if you get a call from the White House?
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Mukasey: "The Department will pursue its agenda as already set." Durbin: AG is independent? Mukasey: "Yes."
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As to the FBI, Mukasey says, "The FBI director works with the Attorney General."
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Durbin: If there is an investigation under way, Sessions could stop it? Mukasey: "Yes."
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Cornyn basically says Sessions has had so many votes & senators have served w/ him so long, but folks are focusing on so few things.
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Cornyn asks Canterbury about law enforcement dealing w mental health issues. Canterbury: State/local $$$ for mental health has diminished.
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Canterbury: Law enforcement as the first line against addressing mental health is tough. "We'll never have the training" necessary for this.
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"Torture is not an American value," the first protester of the day at the Sessions hearing says.pic.twitter.com/yOJ1V4pguB
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Franken asks if ~anyone~ on the panel has evidence of millions of fraudulently case votes in this election. Silence from the panel.
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Graham's counter to Franken's question, asks panelists to speak up if there are NO fraudulent votes cast. No one speaks up at first.
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Brooks then speaks up, saying there are so few cases of voter fraud that it is basically zero.
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Graham questions why GOP gets bad NAACP scores, while Dems get good scores. Graham says it's odd, adds, "It speaks for itself."
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"Maybe we're all wrong, you're all right," Graham adds, but says that he doesn't think so.
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Brooks, re: Sessions & voting suppression. "We have no way to be confident ... that he would do all that is necessary" to protect the vote.
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Cole says Sessions has shown "a failure to recognize discrimination."
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