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Let's go back to the transcript. senator cruz. senator sessions based his attack on an op-ed written by attorney gerald hebert. there's an irony on relying on mr. hebert because as you well know in 1986 during your confirmation hearing, mr. hebert testified then and attacked you then making false charges against you. and indeed i would note in the 1986 hearing, two days later, mr. hebert was forced to recant his testimony. to say that he'd given false testimony to this committee and indeed to say, quote, i apologize for any inconvenience caused mr. sessions on this committee by my prior testim...

Made it crystal clear. he wrote, quote, this revelation concerning the noninvolvement of mr. jefferson sessions in the interfering in any voting rights investigations in the southern district of alabama does not affect in any way my other testimony rendered before the senate judiciary committee on march 13th, 1986. mr. hebert's supervisor who was the one responsible for originally getting the facts wrong also testified in person to correct the record. that's what happened. those are the facts. but when describing this history, senator cruz misrepresented what happened. so i'd like to take this...

Somehow misrepresented your record. it is unfortunate to see members of this body impugn the integrity of a fellow senator with whom we have served for years. it is particularly unfortunate when that attack is not backed up by the facts. senator franken based his attack primarily on an op-ed written by an attorney, gerald hebert. there is irony, in 1986, during your confirmation hearing, mr. hebert attacked you then, making false charges against you, and indeed i would note in the 1986 hearing two days later mr. hebert was forced to recant his testimony to say that he had given false testimony...

Falsely once before this committee, his op-ed is the basis for senator franken's attack on you. the base yirs of senator franken's attack, he claims you were uninvolved in several civil rights cases listed on your question air n1986, mr. hebert testified, a quote from him, i have needed mr. sessions' help in those cases and he has provided that help every step of the way. is that correct, that that's what mr. hebert testified? >> yes, that's correct. >> in the four cases senator franken referred to, you reported all four of them in your supplement to the judiciary committee, is that right? >> ...

Somehow misrepresented your record. it is unfortunate to see emembes of this body impugn the integrity of a senator with whom we have served for years. it is particularly unfortunate when that attack is not backed up by the facts. senator franken based his attack primarily on an op ed written by an attorney, gerald hebert. there is an irony in relying on mr. hebert, because as you know, 1996 mr. hebert testified then and attacked you then, making false charges against you. indeed i would note in the 1996 hearing two days later mr. hebert was forced to recant his testimony to say he had given f...