Attorney general nominee denies KKK sympathies

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, 69, also pledged to recuse himself from any investigation into former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The attorney general, America’s top prosecutor, leads the US justice department […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing.
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, 69, also pledged to recuse himself from any investigation into former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The attorney general, America’s top prosecutor, leads the US justice department and acts as the main adviser to the president on legal issues.
Mr Sessions, 69, said during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee that allegations he had once supported the KKK were “damnably false”.
His comments came after Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein voiced her concern over “fear in this country, particularly among the African-American community”.
She noted Senator Sessions had voted against an amendment affirming that the US would not bar people entering the US on the basis of their religion.