Ex-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Announce Alabama Senate Bid
Sessions previously served as an Alabama senator before resigning to lead the Trump administration's Justice Department.
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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to announce plans to run in the Alabama Senate race. A source familiar told The Daily Beast that Sessions is gearing up to make the announcement on Thursday. According to CNN, he hired a consulting firm on Wednesday. Sessions previously served as an Alabama senator from 1997 to 2017, before resigning to take the attorney general position in the Trump administration. Sessions was dismissed late last year after he endured at least a year of criticism from Trump for recusing himself from overseeing ex-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
New from @jeffzeleny: Jeff Sessions will jump into the Alabama Senate race tomorrow, a GOP official familiar tells CNN. Sessions reached his decision over the last several days and hired a consulting firm today, the official said.
— Rebecca Buck (@RebeccaBuck) November 6, 2019
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