Attorney general Jeff Sessions has told political allies in Alabama that he is not considering running for his old Senate seat as a write-in candidate in next month’s special election. That’s according to a spokeswoman for Sessions at the Department of Justice, Sarah Isgur Flores, who also tells me that Sessions is telling Alabama Republicans he is not considering being appointed to the seat if Roy Moore wins and is either not seated by or is expelled from the Senate.

The New York Times reported Monday that two White House officials independently discussed the idea of Alabama governor Kay Ivey blocking Moore so that she could “immediately appoint” Sessions to the vacant seat. The White House has not said