Sen. Tim Scott Timothy (Tim) Eugene ScottAuthor Ryan Girdusky: RNC worked best when highlighting 'regular people' as opposed to 'standard Republicans' Now is the time to renew our focus on students and their futures GOP lobbyists pleasantly surprised by Republican convention MORE (R-S.C.), Senate Republicans' only black member, announced on the eve of Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE's confirmation hearing that he will support the Alabama Republican's attorney general nomination.

"We may not agree on everything ... [but] I have gotten to know Jeff over my four years in the Senate and have found him to be a consistently fair person," he said in a statement.

Scott's endorsement comes roughly 30 years after Sessions's nomination for a federal judgeship was derailed over allegations of racism, accusations that Sessions has repeatedly denied.

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Scott said it was "no secret" that Sessions was blocked from becoming a judge in 1986. The fight, he noted, was part of what led him to pay close attention to Sessions's attorney general nomination, even though he isn't on the Judiciary Committee.

"I have put a special emphasis on this nomination in terms of doing my own homework and determining the facts from the allegations," Scott said.

Scott invited Sessions to Charleston in December for a meting between law enforcement, minority leaders and black pastors, calling it a "productive conversation" that helped shed light on Sessions's positions.

Scott noted that he also reviewed testimony and news coverage from the 1986 hearing, as well as examining Sessions's record as a whole.

"While many of the allegations brought up 30 years ago were and are disputed, there are many facts that remain absolutely clear. Jeff is committed to upholding the Constitution of the United States," he said.

Scott's announcement came hours after another black senator, Cory Booker (D-N.J.), said he'll break with Senate precedent and testify against Sessions during his confirmation hearing.

Booker stressed that he did not make the decision "lightly" but said he had myriad concerns about his GOP colleague's nomination.

Though the GOP senator is well liked in the Senate, Democrats have been pledging to fight his nomination for months. They face an uphill, if not impossible, battle to block him from becoming Trump's top law enforcement official.

Sessions will only need 50 votes to clear the upper chamber and Republicans — who have coalesced behind him — have a 52-seat majority.