Bill Sessions News Today

What’s behind the Bureau’s bashing of its director, former San Antonio judge William Sessions? Go ask Alice.

It was pretty obvious for us to see that Rachel Harvill truly loves her job at the Bossier Parish Court House.

It was pretty obvious for us to see that Rachel Harvill truly loves her job at the Bossier Parish Court House.

>> when i was independent counsel bill sessions was a federal judge. >> there was no controversy with respect to the first two do you ever recall the director of the fbi the deputy director the general counsel leaking? were you aware when you are with the justice department they were leaking? . >> know that would have been really out of character they were straight shooters they were honest and they embodied the goals and values of the fbi perko fidelity bravery integrity were so terribly and po...

Counsel bill sessions was a federal judge. >> there was no controversy with respect to the first two do you ever recall the director of the fbi the deputy director the general counsel leaking? were you aware when you are with the justice department they were leaking? . >> know that would have been really out of character they were straight shooters they were honest and they embodied the goals and values of the fbi perko fidelity bravery integrity were so terribly and portend you have to believe ...

A constitutional crisis. >> is this not a little bit overblown? >> some of the people you have our reporters are some of the people you have ever partisan senators, folks like that. im not going to hold us to account for the people we put on the air saved by what other people put on the air. some of that, the whiff of fascism totally overblown. on the other hand, i do take exception to the idea that this is hysteria. some cases i shake my head and think its over the top. yes. the fact that we ar...

Not adhering to the law in the way he might, if another person was being pursued by the fbi. >> such a great point. something that is not part of the requisite for proof. again, an example of them overstepping. more questions for you, catherine. we will begin with juan. >> i was thinking about the history here and remembering that bill clinton had fired bill sessions back in 1993. there were some ethical questions. thats the sole case we have of a president firing in fbi director. but that you h...

>> such a great point. something that is not part of the requisite for proof. t again, an example of them overstepping. more questions for you, catherine. we will begin with juan. >> i was thinking about the history here and remembering that bill clinton had fired bill sessions back in 1993. there were some ethical questions. thats the sole case we have of a president firing in fbire director. but that you have the case of bob mueller during the george w. bush years, he threatened to quit unless...

Pete williams has more. >> reporter: chris, this is the first time that an fbi director has been fired by a president sans h since 1993. that was the only other time when president clinton fired bill sessions over some allegations of impropriety in the way sessions was accused of using bureau money to make improvements at his house. but never before has a president fired an fbi director over something this big. the letter you cite from the president is important because the president is basicall...

Clinton gets elected after this, would she clean house? replace him or others or would he beat her to the punch? >> i dont think there is any way hillary clinton politically could fire him. now she would have the legal right as president. keep in mind her husband bill clinton did fire the head of the fbi when he was president, he fired bill sessions and named louis freeh to replace him. as it turned out, bill clinton wound up having a very frosty, even poisonous relationship with louis freeh so ...