Thanks for sessions invitation acceptance. My thoughts: Sessions points out that the "Russian interference" questions aren't for him, seeing as how he is recused from that. He points out that the Intelligence Committee has classified information, but my sense is that the classified information pertains to Russian interference.
-- Sessions also indicated some difference of opinion on Comey's statement that he had asked Sessions to keep him from being alone with Trump. --
Interesting. Goes straight to Comey's credibility. sessions would want that to be done in open session.
Comey, McCabe, Rybicki and Baker conspired to withhold information from Sessions. According to Comey, the reason for withholding information from Sessions is that they believed Sessions would be recusing. According to press reports, the reason they withheld information from sessions is that they don't trust Sessions.
That is the same reason that Comey gave for taking notes after interacting with Trump. Mistrust.
You should read this: Proof That James Comey Misled the Senate Intelligence Committee by John Hinderaker
"In his written testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, James Comey made a point of saying that he wrote memoranda documenting all of his conversations with Donald Trump, something he didn’t feel compelled to do regarding his (very few) conversations with Barack Obama. In his appearance before the committee, Comey broadened this claim to include President George W. Bush, under whom he served as Deputy Attorney General. The reason, he explained, was that Trump was the only one of the three presidents whom he considered untrustworthy."
In the article, I found this to be stunning:
"The one-on-one meeting with President Bush concerned the reauthorization of the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program, a drama in which Comey played a key role. As Deputy Attorney General, he refused to sign the reauthorization order on behalf of DOJ, and he was one of those who rushed to John Ashcroft’s hospital bedside."
"A sharp-eyed reader pointed out that, as it happens, Comey has left behind an account of that meeting with President Bush. It is recounted in Angler, a book-length attack on Dick Cheney by Barton Gellman. Comey was one of Gellman’s chief sources."
"Angler includes a description of Comey’s meeting with Bush that obviously came from Comey. It is strikingly similar to Comey’s description of his critical meeting with Donald Trump in his written Intelligence Committee testimony."
From Comey’s written testimony:
The President signaled the end of the briefing by thanking the group and telling them all that he wanted to speak to me alone. I stayed in my chair. As the participants started to leave the Oval Office, the Attorney General lingered by my chair, but the President thanked him and said he wanted to speak only with me. …When the door by the grandfather clock closed, and we were alone, the President began by saying, “I want to talk about Mike Flynn.”
From Angler:
Bush stood as the meeting ended, crossing behind Cheney’s chair. Comey moved in the opposite direction, on his way out. He had nearly reached the grandfather clock at the door when the president said, “Jim, can I talk to you for a minute?” … This time the vice president was not invited.
I think Trump sized up Comey correctly. He is a nutcase.
And they are right not to trust Sessions and DJT. Because unlike them, the AG and President are not corrupt.