Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to announce a run for his former Senate seat in Alabama, which he had resigned to join the Trump administration. More here:
WASHINGTON - Jeff Sessions, a former attorney general forced out by President Donald Trump, will announce on Thursday he is running next year to regain his old U.S. Senate seat from Alabama, a Republican official familiar with his plans said on Wednesday.
Sessions, 72, a frequent target of Trump’s anger over his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe, will be trying to reclaim a seat he resigned to join the Trump administration.Sessions enters a crowded field seeking the Republican nomination to face Democratic Senator Doug Jones in the November 2020 election in a Southern state considered reliably Republican.Sessions “wants to get back in the game,” and U.S.
Trump has called his selection of Sessions as attorney general “the biggest mistake” of his presidency.
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