Jeff Sessions's DOJ: From Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch to zero black senior staff members

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Jeff Sessions’s Justice Department: From Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch to zero black senior staff members

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Jeff Sessions’s Justice Department: From Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch to zero black senior staff members

By Eugene Scott November 16 at 11:28 AM

When President Trump nominated Jeff Sessions to be the attorney general, Democratic lawmakers argued that the then-senator from Alabama becoming the nation's top prosecutor would be a step backward in advancing the relationship between the Justice Department and people of color.
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Now, some Democratic lawmakers appear to be just as concerned — if not more — that Session's Justice Department is more detrimental than beneficial to the progress of blacks in the United States.

The department went from being headed by the first black female attorney general, Loretta Lynch, to not having any black Americans in senior positions, something Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.) probed during a House hearing with Sessions this week.
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It was the latest example for many on the left of the significant changes occurring at the Justice Department following the Obama presidency. The department announced earlier this year plans to roll back Obama-era efforts to investigate local police departments before they issue public reports about their shortcomings, a move that those supportive of police reform criticized.
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Eugene Scott writes about identity politics for The Fix. He was previously a breaking news reporter at CNN Politics. He is a D.C. native. Follow @Eugene_Scott

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1. Sessions is a racists and so has no non-white staff members