JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday [11-14-17] pressed Attorney General Jeff Sessions on his and his department’s handling of race, including the lack of minorities in key Justice Department positions
Under questioning from CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond at the House judiciary committee hearing, Sessions acknowledged he lacks a single black senior staff member and there are hardly any black nominees for judgeships or US attorney positions, but said diversity remains an important consideration…
Richmond said that per his research, 91% of the administration’s judicial nominees were white males and only one US attorney nominee has been African-American…
The questions about diversity were just some of the themes raised by Democratic lawmakers questioning Sessions.
Lawmakers asked about voter ID laws, criminal justice reform and handling of racially motivated extremist groups.
Richmond asked about the difference in the way the government responded to crack cocaine in past decades, imposing harsh mandatory minimums, and the current epidemic with opioid abuse in this country.”
-Tal Kopan, “Sessions pressed on lack of minorities in his staff, US attorney nominees,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Nov. 14, 2017 02:58pm