Thomas Figures, an assistant U.S. attorney whose accusations of
racial bias torpedoed Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination to the federal
bench in 1986, had a history of erratic and disturbed behavior,
colleagues and estranged family say.
New sworn statements obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation
given by former colleagues allege Figures, who died in 2015, was a
paranoid figure who, among other things, believed “CBS Evening News”
anchor Dan Rather was communicating with him through his television. An
office loner with a flair for confrontation, Figures was later indicted
by federal authorities for attempting to bribe a witness.
30 years later, his testimony continues to shape press coverage of
Sessions’ nomination to serve as attorney general in the Trump
administration.
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