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Know, like they are out of this amazing choice that theyre making to think that there are better and worse circumstances in which they could be working back page is one of these tools that enables, like digital tools allows people to work in safe conditions and screen clients and do a lot of things that actually keeps them safe. >> laura: keeps them safe? >> yeah. >> laura: have you read any of the 93-count indictment? >> i have read all of it and i like to point out that none of it -- they are ...

For raising this issue. not enough people are talking about it. it is a stain on our national character that we are seeing an increase in trafficking in this century. lot of its because of the online presence of these websites that are selling people online. i got involved because we heard about this. we did an investigation over 18 months. we looked at websites. one website called back page.com had 3/4 of the commercial sex trafficking on that website. we were able through subpoenas which we ha...

In sex trafficking, human trafficking and everyone who has looked at it comes up with the same conclusion. its moved from the street corner to the smartphone which is what sex traffic victim survivors have told me. its online and very efficient and a heinous crime, as you say. when individuals who have been trafficked and when prosecutors try to go after these websites and the biggest one is called back page.com. they have 80% of the commercial sex traffic. theyre blocked. theyre blocked by a pr...

Reported indications of any widespread fraud. what is truly troubling about this, i believe, are these bogus claims of voter fraud. theyre routinely used to justify voter suppression. and thanks to the supreme courts disastrously -- decided shelby county decision which gutted the voting rights act, it is easier than ever before for states to take -- make it harder for people to vote. now, senator sessions, you have a complicated history with the voting rights act. ten years ago when voting right...

Actual dispute about that except in the politics of washington, d.c. >> i recognize the great interest in time and youve committed to the issue and i value your opinion. >> i do come from an ocean state, and we do measure the rise in the sea level and we measure the warming of naraganset bay and we measure the ph. its serious for us, senator. thank you. my time has expired. >> thank you. >> now it looks like it will be senator from texas, and senator from texas, im going to step out for a minute...

Who absolutely wanted to see that crime solved and prosecuted. is that accurate, senator sessions? >> i think it is, yes. thats exactly what i intended to do. it actually occurred before i became united states attorney. wrong group of people had been indicted in state court that complicated matters. case was not making the kind of progress it needed to make. and, so, we had a discussion. and we invited civil rights division attorneys, burt glenn and barry kowalski, both of which were exceptional...

When its raining and you dont take the umbrella away. >> in the record, a letter that i just today received in support of senator sessions nomination from the national shooting sports foundation. senator? without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator sessions, id like to talk a little bit about the sara root case. i know you and i have discussed it briefly last summer. sara root was a woman who was killed a year ago this month in omaha. she had just graduated from college and she was ki...

Them in all the papers. i would encourage the news media, cover this story. tell the story on the 6 oclock news about jeff sessions helping prosecute a klans man who murdered an african-american man and helped bankrupt him, helping bankrupt the klan in alabama. i thank you for your record, i thank you for your service. >> thank you, senator cruz. i would say it has been very disappointing and painful to have it suggested i think the klan was okay when we did everything possible to destroy and de...

Week, back page.com announced it was taking down the adult services section of its website. senator koran and i led the bill on the judiciary committee. you contributed to it which we appreciated. and we also had work by senator portman and senator mccast kell and others on this issue. we had 48 arrests around the towns in minnesota alone where back page was part of the operation. so, this was a good result. they took the fifth today in front of home land security while you were testifying. but ...

Alabama bankrupted the klan, leading to its demise in the state. is that correct? >> thats essentially correct, yes. in fact, they sold the klan headquarters to help satisfy the judgment. >> well, i would say, senator sessions, its easy for people reading things on the internet to believe whatever is raised and passions get hot. and i know the protesters who stand up and chant kkk, they in all likelihood believe what theyre saying because theyre reading and being encouraged on the internet. but ...