Sen. Jeff Sessions
Jeff SessionsVan Jones and and Ryan P. Haygood: Trump is wrong on criminal justice THE MEMO: GOP breaks from Trump in 'wiretap' furor Overnight Finance: Inside Trump's first budget | Reaction from Congress | Budget panel advances ObamaCare repeal | Debt ceiling returns MORE's (R-Ala.) bid to become the next attorney general has the backing of a Democratic senator.
Sen. Joe Manchin
Joe ManchinShutdown politics return to the Senate Former Hill staffer launches talk show This week: GOP works to corral votes on healthcare plan MORE (D-W.Va.) says he's supporting President-elect Donald Trump
Donald TrumpTHE MEMO: Trump wiretapping controversy goes global Trump administration rescinds Obama guidance on student loan defaults: report GOP senator: Trump should release tax returns MORE's pick of Sessions, journalist Salena Zito tweeted Friday afternoon.
.@Sen_JoeManchin says in our interview in Charleston West Virginia he supports @SenatorSessions for Trump's AG pic.twitter.com/8kMl4IHs5O
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) November 18, 2016
Mitch McConnellShutdown politics return to the Senate GOP leaders want details before funding Trump’s border wall GOP faces dilemma over ObamaCare tax credits in red states MORE (R-Ky.) has pledged to help push through his nomination.Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Chris Coons (Del.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) and Richard Blumenthal(Conn.), all Judiciary Committee members, pledged to give Sessions a fair but thorough vetting process.
Feinstein, who will be the committee's top Democrat in 2017, also appeared to fire a warning shot that Sessions will have to show he’s not too loyal to Trump.
But Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth WarrenSenate Dems introduce bill to rescind Trump border wall, immigration order Chelsea Clinton plans new children's book: 'She Persisted' Top Dems prep for future while out of the spotlight MORE (D-Mass.) called on Trump to drop Sessions, warning if he didn't, the Senate could block the GOP senator for the second time.
Senators blocked Sessions from getting a federal judgeship in 1986 after allegations — that Sessions has repeatedly denied — that he called an African-American assistant U.S. attorney “boy” and called the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union “un-American.”
Manchin, who faces a potentially difficult reelection bid in 2018, has created headlines since last week's election for breaking with his party. After outgoing Minority Leader Harry Reid
Harry ReidFox's Watters asks Trump whom he would fire: Baldwin, Schumer or Zucker Republicans move to curb Dem powers in the states Perez creates advisory team for DNC transition MORE (D-Nev.) ripped Trump in a statement, Manchin called his rhetoric an "absolute embarrassment."
