Klobuchar (D-MN) asks about protection of journalists, freedom of press, didn’t get good answer from Sessions and will demand one, but can Cole contribute. Cole: particularly critical when one party controls all branches. It’s very clear that our democracy depends on a free press. To Canterbury: the COPS program to recruit police officers has been bipartisan in House, less so in Senate, will you work with me to get support for this program from Sessions? Canterbury: Yes, very important, we’ll work with AG and committee to move it. To Brooks: more on VRA, following on Graham’s comments on voter fraud. She reiterates that when she was a prosecutor for 8 years that they only had three cases of fraud. Reiterates how rare it is, and how you have to look at the other side of the ledger to make it easier to vote—that should be the priority, does he agree? Brooks: NAACP believes right to vote is “civic sacrament.” When we talk about voter fraud, it suggest that there are so many people who want to vote, they’ll do it illegally. That’s no the reality. We need to get more people to vote. Klobuchar to Mukasey: about US Attorneys and the changes he made in Bush administration following Gonzales and his prosecutor purge—how important is independence of USAs? Mukasey: Very. USAs’ independence has to be supported by DoJ.