{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-releases-further-under-oath-queries-to-ag-sessions-as-part-of-the-judiciary-committees-doj-oversight-hearing-process", "Leahy Releases Further Under-Oath Queries To AG Sessions As Part Of The Judiciary Committees DOJ Oversight Hearing Process", "2017-10-26", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.26.17\n\t\t\t Leahy Releases Further Under-Oath Queries To AG Sessions As Part Of The Judiciary Committee\u2019s DOJ Oversight Hearing Process \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday released his written questions for the record to Attorney General Jeff Sessions following the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s Justice Department oversight hearing with him last week.\u00a0  Leahy\u2019s written questions \u2013 to which Attorney General Sessions will provide responses under oath \u2013 focus on a variety of issues, including Sessions\u2019 misleading testimony in response to a prior question from Leahy about the scope of his contacts with Russian officials as a senior Trump campaign surrogate.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  Leahy\u2019s questions also probe why President Trump is personally interviewing U.S. attorney nominees \u2013 an extraordinarily unusual move \u2013 and only for districts in which he has properties or his close associates are under federal investigation.\u00a0 Leahy also presses the Attorney General to recuse himself from any cases in which he clearly has conflicts of interest.  Leahy also questions the Attorney General about the Justice Department\u2019s sharp reversals on voting rights cases; on his guidance to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals in the name of religious liberty; on plans that may eviscerate due process and judicial independence in immigration courts; and on threats to press freedom.\u00a0  Leahy\u2019s written questions to Attorney General Sessions can be found online HERE:\u00a0https://www.leahy.senate.gov/download/leahy-qfrs-to-ag-sessions-102617.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tDavid Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-releases-further-under-oath-queries-to-ag-sessions-as-part-of-the-judiciary-committees-doj-oversight-hearing-process"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.963385846465826, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}