Donald Trump has tapped controversial Alabama GOP Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Sessions is one of the Trump’s closest and most consistent allies. He was the first senator to endorse Trump and was a close adviser throughout the campaign. The president-elect Trump had released a statement yesterday after a meeting with the senator saying he was “unbelievably impressed” with Sessions.
Sessions, known for his stance against gays, immigrants, the Voting Rights Act and civil rights organizations like the NAACP and ACLU–claiming the organizations “forced civil rights down the throats of people,” was denied confirmation for a federal judgeship in 1986 over his racist tendencies. He faces what is expected to be a tough confirmation hearing, and must by confirmed by the full Senate.
Meantime, a Trump transition official says he’s picked Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo (pahm-PAY’-oh) to be CIA director. The conservative Republican is a fierce critic of the international nuclear deal with Iran.
NEW: Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo offered the position of CIA director, senior Trump transition officials say. https://t.co/RxeofEhEBP pic.twitter.com/ArWfPaFFmU
— ABC News (@ABC) November 18, 2016
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was chosen to be national security adviser.
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: The media and pollsters must do some "soul-searching" https://t.co/p7mBxWkCHi pic.twitter.com/yIu5kYIPD9
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 10, 2016
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