Biography

He was named Jefferson after his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, who was named after Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States (1861-1865).

U.S. Senator (R-Alabama) (1997-2017).

U.S. Senate Budget Committee ranking member.

Member, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee.

Attorney General (2017-2018), under President Donald Trump.

Transnational criminal organizations like MS-13 represent one of the gravest threats to American safety.

[on the gang MS-13]These organizations enrich themselves by pedaling poison in our communities, trafficking children for sexual exploitation, and inflicting horrific violence in the communities where they operate

[on President Trump]He is a strong leader; he is an outspoken leader. He expresses himself in clear and blunt terms. When the American people elected him, I think that was one of the things they liked about him. And I think he'll be honest and direct with the American people as soon as he talks to them again.

[on President Trump]Well, I believe in the president's agenda; his leadership. He has a right to scold his Cabinet members if he's not happy with them. And he has the right to have people in his Cabinet he believes will serve his agenda

I intend to serve as long as I can make a contribution and as long as the president wants me to serve. He can have his Attorney General be someone else if he chooses. He can ask me to depart. But I intend to fulfill my duties. I feel good about what we're accomplishing. I feel like we are accomplishing the President's agenda in an effective and professional way.