AG Sessions Accused Of Lying To Congress Over Contact With Russian Ambassador

Zero Hedge ^ | 3-1-2017 | Tyler Durden

[blam]

Just when you thought the 'Russians-did-it' meme was fading, WaPo reporters manage to find DoJ officials who say then-Senator Jeff Sessions spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States - encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts with Moscow during his confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign.

“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” he responded.

He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”

And now, as The Hill reports that according to The Washington Post report, President Trump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions, spoke twice with Russia's ambassador to the United States while Trump was on the campaign trail.

Justice Department officials said one of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in Sessions's office. The private meeting reportedly took place during the same time intelligence officials have said Russia was interfering with the U.S. presidential election through a hacking campaign.

Officials said Sessions did not consider the conversations relevant to the lawmakers’ questions and did not remember in detail what he discussed with Kislyak.

“There was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer,” said Sarah Isgur Flores, Sessions’s spokeswoman.

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[cmj328]

a former NeverTrumper...I DON’T TRUST HER

Even if they could be trusted as far as loyalty goes, their political instincts are all self-defeating.

[xzins]

Sessions was asked about meetings with the Trump campaign. He correctly said he had none.

However, as a member of various committees in the Senate, he met with ambassadors from all over the world.

[xzins]

Franken said....in the course of the campaign.

Sessions answered regarding the campaign. Clearly.

[Eleutheria5]

Sessions: Oh, just do what I always do. Kerry’s old office is right across from mine. It’s unlocked, so you can piss on his desk.

Islyak: Hot diggity! Not quite like pissing on Lurch himself, but it’ll serve.

Sessions: Damn straight.

[ballplayer]

Al Franken?
Sessions should tell them to pound sand,if he gives any credence to this carp,THEN he should resign because he is a coward,otherwise,tell Franken,Obama,Valerie Jarrett and the reset of the scumbags to go to hell.
I guess before the election Obama knew the polls were wrong and that Trump was going to win and was conspiring to cover his treason with the Russians,being More flexible with Putin and having his secretary of State who sold American Uranium supplies to Putin and was filling her foundations bank account from cash from the Russians and every other American enemy

[Eleutheria5]

There are some Russian chassidim who pray at my synagogue, some Israelis and Americans, too. I supported Trump. Therefore, Trump was corrupted via me. He’ll just have to resign./s

[Fai Mao]

Thanks

[EliRoom8]

>> Cornyn represents everything that is wrong in Washington and the GOPe. <<

Backstabbers aplenty in the GOP, especially in the leadership ranks. But, praise God, we have a fighter who is President and with divine intervention they’ll find themselves in the same place as Jeb! et. al.

But in light of the the vast numbers of human viewpoint evil, this won’t be won without divine intervention.

[Diogenesis]

Watch closely.

AG Sessions will be INDIRECTLY “attacked” by criminals in
the federal justice system who will deny civil rights,
break the law, refuse to file pleadings, etc.
hurting ordinary (non-lawyer) Americans,
... SO THAT IT ALL CAN BE BLAMED ON MR. SESSIONS
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.

[cp124]

Did any Democrats meet with the Russians? mmmmm
Was to plot to get Hillary elected by leaking fake news?
The Russians wanted Hillary.

[Moonlighter]

Dems are hoping to ride this Russian narrative to 2018. It’s really all they (think they) have to avoid annihilation. What they don’t realize is that it is how Trump & Co perform that is going to make/break him and them.

That said, Sessions should have been very specific in answering this question in his AG confirmation hearing, as this, even if benign, may inadvertently lend more credence to the aforementioned narrative.

My last thought is on the timing of this allegation. Surely this information was known at the time of his hearing, so what took so long/why now? Is it something they’ve been sitting on for a time when Trump gained some mojo as he did in his speech? Are they hoping this will not be resolved long enough to keep suspicion alive for the 2018 elections?

[bert]

It is necessary to develop GOP ties to Russia to mask actual personsl dealings by the Clinton crime syndicate

[Ciaphas Cain]

When I was 19, I ended up helping some Russian kids who were lost in Brussels and asked me for directions. They thought I was a native of the place. I was just there visiting a friend. She was in med school for the day and we were going to rendezvous later so it was me running around town on my own and I'd gotten to know the lay of the place pretty well. I was able to take the Russians right to where they wanted.

This was just after the end of the Soviet Union and the people were finally free to travel outside their country. These three Russian kids had never been much beyond Moscow. And they had never had pizza before.

So when we got to the marketplace, we had some for lunch. My treat. It's not everyday a guy gets to see former Soviet teens enjoy pizza for the very first time in their lives. It was a little thing... but something I'll never forget.

[COBOL2Java]

"These allegations are both persistent and disturbing. We have no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing, but the seriousness of the charge compel an effort to establish the facts."

August 5, 1980: Thomas S. Foley, the House Speaker, and George J. Mitchell, the Senate Democratic leader ordered a formal investigation into whether Ronald Reagan's Presidential campaign made a deal with Iran to delay the release of American hostages until after the election.

[datricker]

Texas needs two new senators then

[manc]

sick and tired of hearing about frigging Russia. I am done with any idiot I hear bringing this crap up today. This is the media pushing this crap to hinder the President.

[ilovesarah2012]

I can’t stand Shep. But Fox is much better than CNN. They are anti-Trump all the time.

[ScottinVA]

The latest handful of sh*t thrown by the dems to see if it’ll stick to the wall.

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee speak to reps of foreign governments on a regular basis. Franken asked the question within the framework of whether Trump campaign officials met with the Russians.

[UKrepublican]

Sorry, you once helped some Russians?

You do realize this means you helped Trump steal the election?

[Billyv]

Sessions to all house and senate membership- “I’ll resign when all congressmen and senators that have spoken to any member of any foreign government while in office resign. I’m waiting!”