Trump nominee Sessions haunted by racist comments

Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be US attorney general, is an arch-conservative with a much criticized record on race relations and visceral opposition to immigration, both legal and illegal. The diminutive 69-year-old senator from Alabama is described as popular among his colleagues in both parties in the 100-seat chamber. Sessions was once denied a judgeship amid concerns over past comments he made about blacks, and over remarks that appeared sympathetic to the Ku Klux