Black lawmakers say Sessions unfit to be attorney general

Thursday, January 12, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Black lawmakers said Wednesday that Sen. Jeff Sessions at times has shown hostility toward civil rights, making him unfit to be attorney general, as a 1986 letter from the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. surfaced expressing opposition to the Alabama senator.

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