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>> tributes so a black former assistant testified sessions called him boy and joked about the you cku klux klan. >> i never called him boy. >> he also testified that sessions called the naacp and aclu unamerican and communist-inspired. he thought they did more harm than good when they were trying to force civil rights down the throats of people trying to put them behind him. in a heated exchange, sessions denied calling the naacp unamerican. >> my opinion is they have not. they may have taken positions that i can consider to be adverse to the security. >> does that make them unamerican? >> for...

Sessions had an appointment as a federal district judge torpedoed in the 1980s over accusations of racially charged comments. a former federal prosecutor testified that he chatted with sessions about shocking comments by a judge and the judge called a prominent white lawyer a disgrace to his race for representing black clients. well, mr. sessions replied according to testimony, maybe he is. and "the new york times" reports one african-american prosecutor testified that mr. sessions had called him boy and joked that he thought that the ku klux klan was okay until i found out they smoked pot. se...

Michael, i'm going to start with you. jeff skegzs has been offered and accepted the job. sessions has failed a confirmed session, and called him boy, that he called the naacp, and the aclu un-american, and he joked about the klu klux klan. sessions denies making those remarks so what's your reaction to this pick? >> well, it's troubling. it's very troubling to me. i think you know the question is whether or not president-elect is going to governor as he campaigned, and was very controversial particularly on questions of race, and religion. this pick senator sessions is troubling from that stan...

Senator jeff sessions for attorney general, retired general mike flynn for national security advisor and tom pay yoe for director of the cia. sessions in particular was already raising concerns when his name was floated earlier in the week, though the announcement was met with praise by some of his republicans colleagues in the senate. critics pointed to the history that came to light during the hearing for sessions nomination to the federal bench back in 1986. the opposition led by then senator joe biden and several civil rights groups came after session was accused in testimony of a series o...