Jeff Sessions
American politician and lawyer
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| July 14 2020 | Sessions lost the Alabama Senate Republican primary runoff to Tommy Tuberville, effectively ending his political comeback attempt. |
| June 2020 | Sessions criticized former president Barack Obama's approach to law enforcement, referencing the 2009 Henry Louis Gates arrest incident. |
| May 23 2020 | Sessions responded to Trump's tweet, defending his record and asserting that Alabama and conservatives still trusted him. |
| May 22 2020 | President Trump publicly criticized Sessions on Twitter, telling Alabama voters not to trust him. |
| April 3 2020 | The Trump campaign sent a letter to Sessions, objecting to and condemning his campaign's connections to Trump. |
| November 7 2019 | Sessions announced his candidacy for the Alabama Senate race, just before the filing deadline for the Republican primary. |
| October 2019 | Jeff Sessions began exploring a potential candidacy for his old Senate seat in the 2020 election. |
| 2018 | Shuttered the Justice Department's Office for Access to Justice, which had focused on legal aid. |
| November 2018 | Just before being fired by Trump, Sessions ordered severe restrictions on consent decrees for law enforcement agencies. |
| November 7 2018 | Sessions tendered his resignation as Attorney General at President Trump's request following months of conflict over his recusal from Russian investigation. |
| August 2018 | President Trump publicly demanded that Sessions stop the Mueller investigation and criticized him for being 'Missing in Action'. |
| August 22 2018 | President Trump gave an interview to Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt, stating that he only nominated Sessions because of his early campaign support. |
| August 9 2018 | An incident occurred involving a woman and child seeking asylum from El Salvador, which led to a dramatic court intervention by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan after Sessions' Department of Justice attempted to deport her. |
| August 1 2018 | The U.S. Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on top Turkish government officials related to the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. In retaliation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered Jeff Sessions's assets in Turkey to be frozen. |
| June 18 2018 | Over 600 United Methodist Church clergy and laity announced church law charges against Sessions, accusing him of child abuse, racial discrimination, and other violations. |
| June 11 2018 | Sessions reversed an asylum decision, announcing that victims of domestic abuse or gang violence would no longer qualify for asylum in the United States, effectively dismantling a significant portion of existing asylum jurisprudence. |
| March 2018 | Began serving on the Federal Commission on School Safety, continuing until the end of his tenure as attorney general. |
| March 20 2018 | Sessions signed a memo instructing federal prosecutors to seek capital punishment for major drug dealers. |
| March 16 2018 | Sessions fired Deputy Director Andrew McCabe hours before he would qualify for a government pension. |
| March 6 2018 | Sessions sued California in federal district court, challenging state laws regarding prisoner release, workplace inspection, and detention site inspections as conflicting with federal immigration policy. |
| February 2018 | Sessions sent a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley opposing the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, rejecting criminal justice reforms. |
| January 4 2018 | Sessions rescinded the Cole Memorandum, removing federal protections that had previously prevented prosecutors from bringing charges against state-legalized marijuana use. |
| December 22 2017 | Sessions rescinded guidelines protecting poor defendants from excessive court fines and fees. |
| December 21 2017 | Rescinded 200 pages of guidance documents, including warnings about excessive fees and accommodations for the developmentally disabled, which drew criticism from the United States Commission on Civil Rights. |
| December 5 2017 | Gave a speech describing the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal as the 'worst form of kleptocracy' and affirmed the Department of Justice's commitment to seeking justice. |
| October 4 2017 | Sessions released a Department of Justice memo interpreting Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, stating that the law does not prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and effectively reversing the previous DOJ's stance on transgender protections. |
| September 2017 | The Justice Department under Sessions stopped investigating and reporting on police department shortcomings, ending a practice from the Obama administration. |
| August 2017 | Jeff Sessions initiated a civil rights investigation into the Unite the Right rally vehicle-ramming attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, publicly declaring it an act of domestic terrorism and promising to pursue the most serious charges possible. |
| July 19 2017 | Sessions signed an order reviving federally adopted civil asset forfeiture, allowing local law enforcement to seize property from suspects not yet charged with crimes. |
| June 13 2017 | Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, rejecting reports of meetings with Ambassador Kislyak and invoking executive privilege. |
| June 5 2017 | Issued a memo preventing Justice Department future lawsuit settlements from including funding for third parties. |
| May 2017 | Jeff Sessions wrote a letter to congressional leaders requesting the repeal of the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment, which would allow the Justice Department to prosecute medical marijuana providers during a 'historic drug epidemic'. |
| May 2017 | Sessions offered to resign after receiving criticism from President Trump, but Trump did not accept the resignation. |
| May 12 2017 | Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to seek the maximum criminal charges in drug cases, rescinding previous guidelines that aimed to reduce mass incarceration. |
| May 9 2017 | Delivered a memo recommending the firing of FBI Director James Comey, which resulted in Comey's immediate dismissal on the same day. |
| April 24 2017 | Traveled to an ethics lawyers' conference to assure continued prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, despite President Trump's criticisms of the law. |
| April 21 2017 | Sessions sent letters to nine sanctuary cities demanding explanations for their policies by June 30. Later the same day, he warned 'enough is enough' during a U.S.–Mexico border tour. |
| April 11 2017 | Sessions issued a memo for federal attorneys to prosecute those harboring illegal immigrants. During a border visit in Nogales, Arizona, he insisted on implementing policies against illegal entry. |
| April 10 2017 | Disbanded the National Commission on Forensic Science and ended the department's review of forensic accuracy in closed cases. |
| April 3 2017 | Jeff Sessions announced his intention to review consent decrees involving Department of Justice oversight of local law enforcement agencies. |
| March 27 2017 | Sessions told reporters that sanctuary cities failing to comply with Trump administration policies would lose federal funding, citing the Kathryn Steinle shooting as an example of illegal immigrant crime. |
| March 20 2017 | FBI Director James Comey testified about an ongoing counter-intelligence investigation into Russian election interference. |
| March 10 2017 | Sessions oversaw the firing of 46 United States attorneys, with Dana Boente and Rod Rosenstein remaining in place after Trump declined their resignations. |
| March 2 2017 | Jeff Sessions announced his recusal from investigations into Russia's 2016 presidential election interference, following advice from Justice Department personnel due to concerns about his impartiality as a prominent Trump campaign member. |
| March 1 2017 | News reports revealed Sessions had spoken twice with Russian Ambassador Kislyak during the 2016 election, contradicting his previous statements. |
| February 22 2017 | Jeff Sessions, as part of the Department of Justice, withdrew the 2016 'Dear Colleague' letter regarding Title IX and transgender students' access to sex-segregated facilities, arguing the previous guidance lacked legal analysis and formal public process. |
| February 9 2017 | Jeff Sessions was confirmed as the Attorney General of the United States, becoming the highest-ranking law enforcement official in the Trump administration. |
| February 8 2017 | Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General by a Senate vote of 52 to 47. |
| February 7 2017 | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stopped Senator Elizabeth Warren from reading statements opposing Sessions's nomination, leading to her official rebuke under Senate Rule XIX. |
| February 1 2017 | Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sessions's nomination in an 11-9 party-line vote. |
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