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Who absolutely wanted to see that crime solved and prosecuted. is that accurate, senator sessions? >> i think it is, yes. that's 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 exceptionally fine, and along with assistant thomas figures in my office, broke that case and i thought they d...

When it's raining and you don't 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, i'd 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 killed by a drunken street racer. omaha authorities believe this guy had been engaged in similar a...

Them in all the papers. i would encourage the news media, cover this story. tell the story on the 6 o'clock 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 defeat and prosecute klan members who were involved in this crime. and it was a good joint effort. i ...

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 i wanted to know what your plans would be, the justice department finally came out with the national...

Alabama bankrupted the klan, leading to its demise in the state. is that correct? >> that's essentially correct, yes. in fact, they sold the klan headquarters to help satisfy the judgment. >> well, i would say, senator sessions, it's 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 they're saying because they're reading and being encouraged on the internet. but i have not seen any appointee to the cabinet, democrat or republican, who has a record like you ...