Trump’s Pick for Attorney General Scoffed at ‘Too Big to Fail’
- Sessions’s remarks on BP probe hint at approach to companies
- ‘I was taught, if they violated the law, you charge them’
Trump Names Security Team, Sessions for Attorney General
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Senator Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, doesn’t have a record of going after big business, but he has signaled that he’s willing to be tough on malfeasance, even when it involves some of the world’s largest corporations.
While clues to his outlook on how to punish Wall Street and corporate misconduct are thin, the former federal prosecutor from Alabama indicated at a Senate hearing six years ago that he wouldn’t back away from charging a major company if there was evidence of criminal conduct.