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trump: Protesters wearing Ku Klux Klan garb disrupt Sessions confirmation hearing Reuters At the time Sessions told The Weekly Standard magazine he would not characterize the behavior as sexual assault, according to Globe and Mail. He later said the comments were taken out of context. Questioned by a U.S. Senate committee tasked with confirming his appointment, Senator Jeff Sessions distanced himself from comments he had made defending Trump from criticism over a 2005 video that emerged in October showing Trump boasting about grabbing women's genitals. Asked on Tuesday whether grabbing a woman by her genitals without consent is ... sexual assault, he replied, Clearly, it would be. As attorney general, he will serve as the top U.S. federal prosecutor and be responsible for giving unbiased legal advice to the president and executive agencies. Read also As confirmation hearings begin, Trump nominees in for a tense, rushed grilling Read more Ahead of confirmation hearings, several of Trump's Cabinet picks have incomplete ethics reviews Read more Donald Trump's cabinet picks reflect Republicans Party's conservative wing With 10 days to go before Trump enters the White House, Sessions, 70, was the first of his Cabinet nominees to go before a Senate committee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.