A look at Attorney General Jeff Sessions' political career

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia in Washington on Oct. 15, 2018, to announce on efforts to reduce transnational crime.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the U.S. Marshal Service's Director's Honorary Awards ceremony in Washington, on Nov. 1, 2018.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces the creation of a new initiative to crack down on Chinese intelligence officials pilfering intellectual property from US corporations through hacking and espionage during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Nov. 1, 2018.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Oct. 17, 2018, in Washington.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a luncheon event organized by the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society Oct. 29, 2018, in Boston.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions raises his arm while expressing admiration for the Boston Red Sox baseball team's victory in the 2018 World Series as he attends a luncheon event organized by the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society on Oct. 29, 2018, in Boston.

Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions stands as the casket of former Senator John McCain in the Capitol Rotunda lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington on Aug. 31, 2018.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces the creation of a new initiative to crack down on Chinese intelligence officials pilfering intellectual property from U.S. corporations through hacking and espionage during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Nov. 1, 2018.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a luncheon event organized by the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society Oct. 29, 2018, in Boston.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, talk during an event to announce new strategic actions to combat the opioid crisis at the Department of Justice's National Opioid Summit in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice on Oct. 25, 2018, in Washington.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks at the beginning of a round table event with the Joint Interagency Task Force - South (JIATF-S) foreign liaison officers at the Department of Justice Kennedy building on Aug. 29, 2018 in Washington.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies during a US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 13, 2017.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions adjust his jacket before the arrival of President Trump to speak during the White House Opioid Summit in the East Room of the White House on March 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps over a stanchion to greet former Senate colleagues before a ceremony for the late Rev. Billy Graham at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 28, 2018.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions talks with Senate staffer Sharon Soderstrom before the arrival of President Trump to a ceremony honoring Reverend Billy Graham in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building on Feb. 28, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) wait for the start of ceremonies as the late evangelist Billy Graham lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2018. Graham, a spiritual counselor for every president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama and other world leaders for more than 60 years, died on 21 February at the age of 99.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General at their Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 27, 2018. Sessions introduced the Prescription Interdiction Litigation task force (PILS), aimed to combat the opioid epidemic. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 27, 2018. Sessions introduced the Prescription Interdiction Litigation task force (PILS), aimed to combat the opioid epidemic. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (C) joins other law enforcement officials in announcing law enforcement action against schemes to fraud senior citizens, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Feb. 22, 2018. The Department of Justice announced elder fraud law enforcement action, charging more than 200 defendants for allegedly robbing more than one million Americans of more than half a billion US dollars.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 27, 2018. Sessions introduced the Prescription Interdiction Litigation task force (PILS), aimed to combat the opiod epidemic. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, talks with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi before a meeting with President Trump and state and local officials to discuss school safety, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Feb. 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (C) speaks during a meeting with President Trump (2nd L), U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) and state and local officials on school safety at The White House in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 22, 2018.

In this photo taken on Feb. 22, 2018 U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends a meeting with President Trump with state and local officials on school safety in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks prior to President Trump's arrival during a Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2018. During his remarks President Trump announced he signed a directive ordering Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft regulations banning "bump stocks" and other devices that turn semi-automatic firearms into automatic weapons.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions walks from the East Room after attending the Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards Ceremony at the White House on Feb. 20, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks about the Florida school shooting at the Major County Sheriffs of America 2018 Winter Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2018. Attorney General Sessions also commented on immigration and policing of the drug trade.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds up a gift given to him following his address to the National Sheriffs' Association Winter Conference on law enforcement efforts to combat the opioid crisis and violent crime, in Washington on Feb. 12, 2018. The box contains the association's badge and challenge coin. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (L) speaks with Anthony Williams, Drug Enforcement Administration associate administrator, during the opening remarks at the U.S. Southern Command Opioid Summit on Feb. 8, 2018 in Doral, Florida. During the day-long Opioid Summit officials are focusing on the crisis, considering approaches to strengthen the nation's response and define holistic strategies supporting the president's call to action in order to end what he has declared a 'national public health emergency.' (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, during the opening ceremony of the summit on Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking at Department of Justice in Washington on Feb. 2, 2018. President Trump, dogged by an unrelenting investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia, lashes out at the FBI and Justice Department as politically biased ahead of the expected release of a classified Republican memo criticizing FBI surveillance tactics. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) arrives before President Trump arrives to deliver his first State of the Union from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions participates in a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Graduation Ceremony for new Special Agents, on Jan. 26, 2018 in Quantico, Virginia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

In this Dec. 15, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, left, sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sessions appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Justice on Oct. 18, 2017.

Sessions shakes hands with new FBI Director Christopher Wray during his installation ceremony at FBI headquarters on Sept. 28, 2017.

Sessions appears in Portland, Ore., to discuss sanctuary city policies with city and regional law enforcement officials on Sept. 19, 2017.

Sessions speaks on immigration at the Justice Department on Sept. 5, 2017, announcing that the Trump administration is ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, with a six-month delay for Congress to come up with replacement legislation.

Sessions gives a speech during the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives 41st annual training conference on Aug. 1, 2017, in Atlanta.

Sessions points as he looks over the city from the roof during his visit to the National Police Headquarters in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 28, 2017.

Sessions speaks at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia on July 21, 2017.

Sessions picks up his remarks as acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe looks on during a news conference on July 13, 2017, at the Justice Department in Washington.

Sessions meets with families of victims killed by illegal immigrants in his office at the Justice Department on June 29, 2017, in Washington.

Sessions appears in an open hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 13, 2017.

Sessions appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 13, 2017.

Sessions speaks at the National Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation meeting in Atlanta on June 6, 2017.

Sessions talks to President Trump during the 36th annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on May 15, 2017, on Capitol Hill.

Sessions delivers remarks at an event where he received an award from the Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City at the Justice Department on May 12, 2017.

Sessions takes his seat before a meeting of the Attorney General's Organized Crime Council and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Executive Committee at the Department of Justice on April 18, 2017.

Sessions shakes hands with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers as he tours the U.S.-Mexico border on April 11, 2017, in Nogales, Ariz.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Sessions take part in a news conference on the reconstituted travel ban at the U.S. Customs and Borders Protection headquarters on March 6, 2017.

Sessions takes questions during a press conference at the Department of Justice on March 2, 2017, during which he recused himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election.

Sessions delivers remarks at the Justice Department's 2017 African American History Month Observation on Feb. 28, 2017.

President Trump puts his hand Sessions' shoulder before Sessions' attorney general swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office on Feb. 9, 2017.

Sessions waits for the beginning of a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Feb. 2, 2017, on Capitol Hill.

Sessions arrives on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, for Trump's inauguration ceremony.

Sessions is sworn in on Capitol Hill on Jan. 10, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sessions, accompanied by former Arizona senator Jon Kyl, left, walks through the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 4, 2017.

Sessions cheers on the crowd during a rally for President-elect Donald Trump in Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 17, 2016.

Sessions attends a meeting with Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Capitol Hill on Nov. 29, 2016.

Sessions talks to the media at Trump Tower in New York on Nov. 17, 2016.

Sessions speaks during the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 18, 2016.

Sessions leaves after speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill on June 23, 2016, to discuss the Supreme Court's immigration ruling.

Donald Trump stands next to Sessions during a rally on Feb. 28, 2016, in Madison, Ala.

Sessions leaves a polling place after voting at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala., on Nov. 4, 2014.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chats with Sessions as the Senate finalizes plans for a vote on the budget bill on Oct. 16, 2013.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sessions deliver the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for fiscal year 2012 on Capitol Hill on Feb. 24, 2011.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sessions begin the third day of testimony for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on June 30, 2010, on Capitol Hill.

Sessions, accompanied by Sens. Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2009.

President George W. Bush waves with Sessions during a fundraiser for Sessions in Mobile, Ala., on June 21, 2007.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sessions confer during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito on Jan. 11, 2006.

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley listens as Sessions makes remarks on the announcement that Mobile, Ala., will be the site of the EADS KC-330 air refueling advanced tanker production facility during a press conference in Washington on June 22, 2005.

Sessions speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill with Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., left, following a failed vote to end a filibuster against judicial nominee Miguel Estrada on March 13, 2003.

Sessions questions witness Jack Quinn at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Clinton's eleventh-hour pardons on Feb. 14, 2001.