William Sessions, FBI Chief Fired by Bill Clinton, Dies at 90

  • He was the first FBI director who was removed from his post
  • Justice Department ethics unit found he violated policies

William Sessions 

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William Sessions, a U.S. judge from Texas who served as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was its first leader ever fired from the post, has died. He was 90.

Sessions died of natural causes on Friday at his home in San Antonio, his daughter, Sara Sessions Naughton, told the Associated Press.