Tag: Jeff Sessions

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  US justice indicts Chinese individuals and companies for stealing US companies trade secrets

  

  US justice department has indicted three individuals and two companies based in China and Taiwan for allegedly stealing a US company's trade secrets. This is the fourth economic espionage case the department has brought against Chinese-based companies and individuals since September.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  Suspect with a long criminal record charged with mailing explosives to critics of president Trump

  

  A man living in the state of Florida and with a decades-long criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with mailing at least 13 packages containing explosive devices to critics of President Donald Trump, authorities said.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  US offers US$ 10m reward for the head of the Jalisco New Generation cartel

  

  The United States on Tuesday announced a US$ 10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  US restricts asylum access: leaves out victims of domestic abuse and gang violence

  

  United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled on Monday that victims of domestic abuse and gang violence generally will not qualify for asylum under federal law, a decision that advocates say will endanger tens of thousands of foreign nationals seeking safe harbor in the United States.

• Friday, March 3rd 2017 - 12:48 UTC

  Trump comes out strongly in support of Attorney General Sessions accused of misleading Congress

  

  President Donald Trump came out strongly in support of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday, releasing a statement saying Sessions did not make any misleading statements under oath during his confirmation hearings, but that he could have been more accurate in his responses to lawmakers.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 09:30 UTC

  Senate approves Trump's Attorney General; KKK praises Alabama's Jeff Sessions

  

  The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, by a vote of 52 to 47. The confirmation follows a series of divisive hearings during which Democrats attacked Mr Sessions' record on civil rights. The Alabama senator's nomination was among Mr Trump's most controversial.