J Luke Rosiak on January 29, 2019 Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has joined the Worldwide Speakers Group, which provides paid celebrity speakers for “the global lecture industry to corporate, trade, education, and commercial customers worldwide.” Sessions is seeking audiences who want to pay $25,000 to $40,000 to hear him lecture, according to Worldwide Speakers Group’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom Federal gun prosecutions are up 23 percent compared to the summer of 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday. The DOJ credited the spike to a March order issued by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to crack down on gun crime across the U.S. So far in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks said Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell has “got to go” after the GOP failed to repeal Obamacare early Friday morning. Brooks blasted GOP Senate members on CNN, saying the group failed the American people, and calling the Senate’s efforts an “abject failure.” Brooks focused on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci may have violated protocol by speaking to the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a representative of the Trump administration, according to LawNewz. Scaramucci called in to CNN’s “New Day” Thursday morning to say that he has spoken to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Republicans joined with Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday to deny Attorney General Jeff Sessions the power to interfere with state marijuana laws. The bipartisan rebuke comes after numerous attempts by Sessions to petition Congress to give the Department of Justice power to crack down on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged President Donald Trump not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a Wednesday tweet. The senator warned the president that his committee would not take up a new nominee for attorney general, should he dismiss Sessions….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas MSNBC politics reporter Kasie Hunt said Thursday the possible dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would set off a powder keg sparking a war within the GOP. “I think you could actually see open warfare between the president and his party on the hill,” said Hunt on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Several top White House officials are reportedly asking President Donald Trump to stop his public shaming of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. High-ranking White House aides such as chief strategist Steve Bannon, chief of staff Reince Priebus as well as other senior officials have been praising Sessions while…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Ricciardella President Trump’s recent attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions drew fire from prominent conservative political pundits. From Tucker Carlson to Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, few gave Donald Trump a pass on his recent attacks aimed at Sessions. Trump hit Sessions hard in an interview last week…
By Paul Meekin “I’m not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate.” – Ted Cruz In January, as current Attorney General Jeff Sessions was facing allegations of racism, Ted Cruz held court for a bit. Reading a prepared statement, Cruz blew smoke up Sessions’ ass so eloquently I…