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US Congressman Says Trump Attorney General Has to Fix US Criminal Justice System

© REUTERS / Mike SegarDonald Trump sits with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 7, 2016
Donald Trump sits with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 7, 2016 - Sputnik International
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US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General Senator Jeff Sessions must return the Justice Department to enforcing the nation’s laws impartially, House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said in a press release.

Senator Jeff Sessions, R-AL, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Ambridge Area Senior High School on October 10, 2016 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania - Sputnik International
Senate Majority Leader 'Strongly Supports' Sessions for Attorney General Office
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Senator Sessions, who was nominated by Trump to be the next Attorney General, must execute justice without providing special treatment to the “politically well-connected,” and must fix the nation’s criminal justice system, Goodlatte stated.

“I congratulate Senator Sessions on his nomination by President-elect [Donald] Trump to be the next Attorney General,” Goodlatte stated on Monday. “Our nation’s top law enforcement officer has a solemn duty to ensure the rule of law and protect the American people by executing our laws impartially and fully.”

The representative from the state of Virginia claimed the nation’s core principals of law have come under attack the previous eight years under President Barack Obama and “must be restored at the Justice Department.”

Sessions’ nomination is still subject to confirmation by the Senate.

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