Sessions hints he's done with politics

[DonViejo]

The deposed attorney general says he's not missing the Senate, amid speculation that he might mount a bid for his old job.

By BURGESS EVERETT 12/05/2018 03:17 PM EST

Jeff Sessions doesn’t sound eager to run for his old Senate seat in 2020. The former attorney general and Alabama senator said in an interview on Wednesday that he doesn't miss being a senator and won't be deciding anytime soon about running. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) is seen as the most vulnerable incumbent on the ballot in two years — and Sessions as a prime candidate to beat him.

But after enduring months of attacks from President Donald Trump for recusing himself from the Russia probe, and being chased from his attorney general perch after the midterms, Sessions sounds eager to decompress.

"I've been clearing my brain. I think that's a fair statement,” he said during a ride on the Senate subway following George H.W. Bush’s funeral. “I’ll go to Alabama, do some things and then that will clarify things a little more before I worry about making a statement.”

Sessions was chatty as ever. He raised doubts about the criminal justice reform effort in the Senate and defended acting attorney general Matt Whitaker, who's been criticized by Democrats for being appointed to the role despite not being a Senate-confirmed official.

He also made clear he’s not itching to get his old Senate office back.

“No. I mean, no,” the 71-year-old former senator said when asked if he misses the chamber in which he served for two decades. “I could go back and spend time in the woods. I’ve got 10 grandchildren, oldest is 11.”

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[pecosbob]

1. Please say it's so...

"I've been clearing my brain.' Bet that didn't take long...

Don't think I need to remind people here, but the sitting USAG committed perjury before the Senate.

LEAHY: Several of the President-Elect’s nominees or senior advisers have Russian ties. Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?

SESSIONS: No.

I don't care if he retires...if House Dems do not revisit this perjury, I may quit the Party.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. So many good people who have left us in their prime. Yet others just seem to hang on and on...... nt

[Aristus]

3. He wants to go back to the hollow tree and make cookies.

[roamer65]

4. ..

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Damn you beat me too it.

[WhiteTara]

5. He's going to need time with his lawyers

and family of course; but lawyers will be a big part of his life. I hope he gets locked up too. Now that he's out of office, Mueller should be having a field day with this.

[LakeArenal]

6. He's just done. Period.

[lonely bird]

7. Clearing his brain?

That assumes he has a brain. Sessions is an unrepentant racist. Which makes him perfect according to the Republican Party. Unfortunately he wasn't radicalized enough for the Mango Mussolini's base.