Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United States senator from Alabama from 1997 to 2017 before resigning that position to serve as attorney general in the administration of President Donald Trump.
Official portrait, 2017
Senators Sessions and Richard Shelby with FEMA Director James Lee Witt, 1998
Senators Sessions and Richard Shelby meet with President George W. Bush, 2004
Official photo of Sessions as Senator, 2004
United States Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.
United States Attorney General
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Image: William Bradford, AG
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