Posted on 03/03/2017 10:21:46 AM PST by Starman417
The invective being heaped on Jeff Sessions by democrats is astounding. Democrats are spitting out words like "perjury" and "treason" as part of their plan to cripple the Trump administration. Recusal not being enough, Pelosi called for Sessions to resign.
For the record, Jeff Sessions did not commit perjury.
The criminal law only prohibits lying to Congress under two statutes — 18 USC 1621 ands 18 USC 1001. Section 1621 requires a person “willfully and contrary” to a sworn oath “subscribe a material matter” which is both false and the person knows to be false. Section 1001 is basically the same, without certain tribunal prerequisites: it also requires the government prove a person willfully made a materially false statement. This requires three elements: first, a false statement; second, the false statement be “material”; and third, the false statement be made “knowingly” and “willfully.” A statement is not false if it can be interpreted in an innocent manner. A statement is not material if it is not particularly relevant to the subject of the inquiry. Willfully is a very high standard of proof: it requires the person know they are committing the crime, and do so anyway. None of the three exist as to Sessions.Sessions did not lie. Period. Al Franken did not ask the simple question- "Did you discuss the Trump campaign in your meetings with the Russians over the last year?" Instead, he asked an intentionally ambiguous question which made an answer complicated so that the response could be used a weapon to later bludgeon Sessions.
It's not the first time Franken has made an ass of himself. Far from it.
Now, note the title to this interview:
"Attorney General under fire over Russia meetings" Hmm It's time to examine Newton's Third Law of Politics: for every action, there is at least an equal and opposite reaction. If one is come under fire for Russia meetings....then let's bring the fire.
Here's Chuck Schumer serving up a helping of his good friend Vladimir Putin
Dianne Feinstein is thick with the Russians
Barack Obama met with his Russian handlers at least 22 times in the White House.
Sen. Clarie McCaskill flat out lied about meeting with the Russians.
Hillary Clinton is up to her server with the Russians. Even HuffPoo asserts that the Russians hold a sword of Damocles over the Clinton's.
From where I sit, it appears that the democrat party is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian state.
About that lying to Congress thing- Sessions did not lie. Then again, lying has been a cottage industry for democrats over the last eight years.
obama lied endlessly about health care, red lines and bad intel.
Eric Holder made a career of lying to Congress.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ...
Dunno ‘bout Russians, but Communists and Moslems certainly own a big chunk of the Democrat Party.
“From where I sit, it looks as though the Russians own the democrat party” Or at least, living room rent-free in their fevered minds.
A sitting US Senator talks to the Russian ambassador = high crime hanging offense.
Virtually every single high ranking democrat-socialist in congress and the executive branch in bed with Russian business interests = nothing to see, move along.
The democrat-socialists have every reason to be deathly afraid of President Trump and AG Sessions.
Just wait until the other shoe drops.
I guess now that the Russians are not exclusively Communist, being on their side is ‘bad’. I mean, which party was rooting for the Russians, i.e. Commies, ever since the Russian Revolution? “I have seen the future and it works” was published by whom? Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden rooted for whom during the Vietnam war? And on, and on, and on...
Bump
My commonsense tells me Obama “gave” Russia something big when they were pushing the reset with Russia. Something, they have been able to keep hidden with a Democrat in the WH.
Obama always gives way more than he gets when he negotiates with “not friendly” to America countries.
All this Russia crap is a smoke screen for something BIG that the Democrats are guilty of. Trump needs to get people on board that know how to “dig deep” into Hillary and Obama’s “reset.”
Flashback: Chuck Schumer Meets with Putin in New York City
Jim Hoft Mar 2nd, 2017 7:10 pm
Where’s the outrage?
Democrat Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer continues to push the Russia conspiracy.
But it was Schumer who met with Putin in New York City – not Trump.
The picture above was taken in 2003 as Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, enjoys a Krispy Kreme doughnut and coffee with Senator Charles Schumer from New York as Putin visits the first New York gas station of the Russian company Lukoil.
The hysteria over Trump administration officials talking — or not talking — with Russia needs to end.
It’s getting in the way of putting America back on track.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/03/flashback-chuck-schumer-meets-vlad-putin-new-york-city/
Agreed. There is something very hidden. I mentioned almost the exact thing in another post. There are at least two things going on here: 1) attempt to weaken President Trump 2) there is something so deep and wicked that they fear AG Sessions and the Trump admin will find it and make it public.
I was of the opinion that the Democrat party was a wholly owned subsidiary of the George Soros international cartel.
These other groups can rent it out from time to time, as long as the agenda is agreeable to the puppetmasters.
Let’s try to look at this a bit logically, shall we?
1) Russia obtains about 68% of its foreign currency earnings (as of 2013) from the sale of oil and natural gas. http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=17231 As an exporter of these resources, even an idiot can understand that it is clearly in Russia’s national interest to have the highest possible prices for them. Russia is actually running out of foreign currency reserves, which it uses to cover its own budget deficits, and is rather desperate to have oil rise in price to stabilize and even replenish its foreign reserves. http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/27/russias-reserve-fund-could-run-empty-in-2016.html
Oh, yeah, and Hillary Clinton pledged to NOT allow the XL Pipeline to be built, to continue to NOT grant drilling leases on federal land or offshore, to continue to put every regulatory roadblock imaginable to reduce domestic oil production, to NOT allow new coal mines (and, in fact, to shut down as many as possible), etc., etc. (all ostensibly to reduce “global warming” but, more likely, to be the pay-off of some pretty hefty, uh “contributions” to the Clinton Foundation by oil-rich foreign countries, and a means of extracting even more of such “contributions”). IOW, her policies, if implemented, would have reduced the supply of fossil fuel energy in the world, thus driving prices UP (which would be very good for Russia). Donald Trump, OTOH, pledged (and so far is following through on that pledge) to unleash American energy companies to drill and mine as much oil, natural gas and coal as possible, to increase employment and (SPECIFICALLY) to reduce the price of these commodities (which would lead to yet more job creation here). This would be (i.e. is and will be) very bad for Russia.
2) The U.S. and Russia are geopolitical rivals. In ANY geopolitical rivalry, each side seeks to have if not actual military superiority, then at least sufficient trained and well-equipped forces to inflict very serious damage on any rival or combination of rivals. Of course, for superpowers or great powers, building that type of a military is an enormously expensive proposition...and, as noted above, Russia already has budget deficit problems, WITHOUT having to compete with a new US military build-up.
Hillary Clinton has never been known as a “hawk” on foreign or defense policy, and there is no good reason to believe that she would have engaged in a large build-up of US military forces, nor that she would have been credibly aggressive in opposing Russia across the globe. Donald Trump, OTOH, pledged a massive build-up of US forces, and has (like in so many other areas) followed through on his pledge by asking Congress for the largest percentage increase in the peacetime Defense budget since Ronald Reagan’s first term. I will note that it is widely believed that the US military build-up of the 1980s had the effect of adding substantially to Soviet economic difficulties, all of which combined in the late 1980s and early 1990s to effectively bankrupt the Soviet Empire and lead to the removal of the Communist Party from leadership of the Soviet Union (which no longer exists - THANK YOU, Ronald Reagan and Bill Casey!!!). Another such build-up now would place incredible strains upon the Russian economy, possibly leading to another change of government.
3) If the Russians had damaging/compromising information on Hillary Clinton as a result of hacking her at-home and unsecured server, which would have been the better use for it:
a) Before the Presidential election, so as to damage her chances of obtaining office?
or
b) After the election, and even after she had entered office, when it could have been used to blackmail or otherwise persuade her to change policy?
The simple fact is that NOBODY heard anything about “the Russians” and their supposed”hacking of the election” until Wikileaks revealed that the DNC and the Clinton campaign had conspired to deny Bernie Sanders the Democrat nomination for President. IMMEDIATELY upon the release of this information, the DNC and the Clinton campaign proceeded to blame the messenger (or the supplier of the messenger), rather than to even attempt to refute the substance of the emails that Wikileaks had released. IOW, the DNC and the Clinton campaign saw a mortal danger to their political futures, and decided to shout “SQUIRREL!!!!” while pointing in the opposite direction from where everyone’s attention had been focused.
So, the bottom line is that they are a bunch of lying cover-up artists, and not even very good ones at that (because it is OBVIOUS that the Russians had every reason in the world to prefer a Clinton Presidency).
Russians may not be Communists today, but they are still Russians, and they have ALWAYS considered themselves to be direct rivals to the United States. At the moment, nether ally nor enemy, but still and always, circling with wary watchfulness.
From Wikipedia: “A “Red Scare” is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of [Russia]. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. The Second Red Scare was focused on national and foreign communists influencing society, infiltrating the federal government, or both.” My comments: Now we can add a third Red Scare, the demagoguery and sheer determination of the Democrat Party to destroy any person in their path of trying to destroy Donald Trump by accusing them of collusion with Russia. Their extreme efforts would make even Sen Joseph McCarthy blush. At the “Army-McCarthy” hearings in Congress on June 9, 1954, Joseph N Welch finally said to Sen McCarthy: “You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir?” And that is the question I would ask the democrats now. We already know the answer but someone should publicly ask the question.
I don’t think the Democrat party is wholly owned by anyone. It is more like an “un-indicted co-conspirator” for a whole bunch of evil individuals and organizations.
Yes, same thing I’m thinking.
Trump’s people should start micro looking into Hillary’s foundation around that time. Also Pelosi and Dirt Harry’s financial gains.
No way Obama pulled anything big off without the help of people in Congress.
Pelosi is scared $hitless....it’s written all over her. Harry was smart enough to get out.
Old Chucky is willing to throw as many roadblocks as possible because he probably doesn’t want to get beat up by his exercise equipment, like Harry did.
Guess they were afraid for a reason... Think they knew the piece of cow dung was bugging President Trump? Orange jumpsuits all around. Swamp is Blue Hole to middle of the planet. Gonna need a bigger pump. ;)
Btt
Soros certainly owns them.
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