Posted on 06/12/2017 1:23:29 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for an open hearing Tuesday, the committee has announced.
Sessions requested that the hearing be public, a Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement.
"The Attorney General has requested that this hearing be public. He believes it is important for the American people to hear the truth directly from him and looks forward to answering the committee's questions tomorrow," the statement read.
Sessionss testimony comes just days after fired FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers that he knew details that made Sessions's involvement in the bureau's Russia probe "problematic."
The comments including a reported third meeting between Sessions and a top Russian official have put the spotlight squarely on Sessions, Trump's first supporter in the Senate.
Sessions was originally scheduled to testify before a pair of Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees this week, but is now sending a deputy in his place so he can address Comey's Thursday testimony related to his firing.
Democrats will be keen to press Sessions on his role in Comey's dismissal, which many in the party are characterizing as part of an attempt by the president to impede the investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia.
The president accepted a recommendation from Sessions and deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein to fire Comey, the White House said in its initial explanation.
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Will the drive-bys even cover it if they can’t make up their own version of what was said?
If Sessions has one of his defensive, bland appearances, and no bombshells (considering the gold mine the Obama administration left him),he should resign immediately.
Yup!..they will cover it!!...But he will leave so many obvious Trails about the “swamp” they'll be spinning like tops!!!...
The whole idea of “get Trump” is about making 8 yrs of corruption “OLD NEWS”.... A 1st year attorney could send a hundred...(nope!...make that a thousand) of them to jail....
AND THEY KNOW IT!!!...their best hope is that “We the People” decide that getting 2 scoops of ice cream is an impeachable offense!!..now thats recent!!!!!!..who cares what happened for 8 yrs previous!
DON'T DIG UP THE PAST is the over all goal!!!!...(don't expect it to stop..the truth would lead to DRAINING THE SWAMP!
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Bland appearance by Sessions? You have to be kidding...he will tout his anti-marijuana crackdown.
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