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The president-elect has caused his fair share of controversy.

But his decision to nominate Jeff Sessions as Attorney General might be his most divisive yet.

After being in politics for decades, there's no doubt that Sessions is a smooth operator.

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But his lenient approach to the Ku Klux Klan could be a huge stumbling block – particularly in light of rioting and mass hysteria from black voters across the United States after Trump's victory.

HIs baggage goes way back, too.

Back in 1986, Ronald Reagan nominated Sessions to be a district court judge in Alabama.

But in his confirmation hearings, lawyer J Gerald Hebert claimed that Sessions had accused black civil rights activists as being "un-American" and "communist-inspired".

More shocking still, Thomas Figures – an assistant attorney – testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan were "OK until I found they smoked pot".

Figures also claimed that Sessions "wished he could decline all of them" when discussing taking civil rights cases as a judge.

Sessions conceded that he had made the KKK comment and apologised for it but denied that he had not pursued civil rights cases.

He was considered as a running mate for Trump in his presidential campaign but this never materialised as the Republican opted for Mike Pence.

If approved by the Senate, he will take office as Attorney General in January – succeeding Loretta Lynch.