7/24/2018

HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeated the phrase ‘lock her up’ during a speech to conservative high school students on Tuesday [7-24-18], chuckling as the crowd began a chant that Trump supporters used during the 2016 campaign to call for jailing Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sessions, the country’s top law enforcement official, was speaking at a four-day conference hosted by the conservative organization Turning Point USA and attended by several hundred right-leaning high school students in Washington. In his speech, he sharply criticized American universities, saying they were coddling students and creating a ‘generation of sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes.’ When members of the audience began chanting ‘lock her up,’ a common refrain at Trump rallies after the Republican candidate pledged to enlist a special prosecutor to investigate Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Sessions briefly strayed from his prepared remarks…After pressure from President Trump, Mr. Sessions ordered senior prosecutors last year to evaluate various accusations against Mrs. Clinton and consider whether a special counsel should be appointed. Mr. Trump had asked on Twitter earlier that year why his ‘beleaguered A.G.’ was not looking into ‘Crooked Hillarys crimes & Russia relations.’ No such special counsel has been appointed.”

Julia Jacobs, “Jeff Sessions Laughs and Echoes ‘Lock Her Up’ Chant With Conservative High Schoolers,” The New York Times online, July 24, 2018