With Russia off his plate, Sessions is free to pursue his anti-LGBTQ agenda

[DonViejo]

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press · Saturday, March 4, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The political cloud over Attorney General Jeff Sessions‘ decision to step back from any investigation touching the Trump campaign may have a silver lining for a law enforcement officer who appears preoccupied by violent crime, drugs and immigration.

Now that Sessions will no longer oversee any investigation into the 2016 election, his path to continue a refashioning of the Justice Department may be even clearer.

Those efforts began almost immediately after he was sworn in last month. While Thursday’s announcement may have taken attention from trying to chip away at Obama administration priorities, Sessions seems poised to resume the mission he carried into the job.

Sessions’ early words and actions are consistent with the tough-on-crime reputation the former federal prosecutor cultivated as an Alabama senator, and they foreshadow an unmistakable pivot in critical areas of civil rights, criminal justice and drug policy.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Is Russia really "off his plate"? The fact that he won't be overseeing any investigations

doesn't mean he won't be subject to them. He's not off the hook; he might find he's too busy testifying and trying to cover his ass to do as much damage as he'd otherwise like to do.