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    America's new top cop has special clout with the chief executive

    America's new Attorney General understands his "duty to say no" when the President may be flouting the law, but Jeff Sessions may not speak up very often. Top advisor Steve Bannon calls him the "clearinghouse for policy and philosophy" in the Trump Administration.

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    By Warren Olney • Feb 10, 2017 • 1 min read

    America's new Attorney General understands his "duty to say no" when the President may be flouting the law, but Jeff Sessions may not speak up very often. Top advisor Steve Bannon calls him the "clearinghouse for policy and philosophy" in the Trump Administration. For Democrats that means trouble for civil rights, environmental laws, religious discrimination, immigration and another likely shot at a travel ban. They're pushing for investigations of Trump's financial conflicts of interest and his ties to Russia. How independent will Sessions be? We look at some of the issues immediately facing America's top law enforcement officer.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christine Detz

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Sessions takes the helm at the Justice Department
    1. 1:23Full Trump treatment for the Japanese prime minister
    2. 7:58America's new top cop has special clout with the chief executiveYou’re reading this
    3. 40:35The Dakota Access Pipeline is back in business
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