Posted on 03/01/2017 7:36:32 PM PST by 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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Sessions is one of the most honorable men in Washington.
Zero Hedge has a real vendetta with the Trump administration.
I talked to some Russians at the beach last year. I’d forgotten all about it until now
Sessions was NOT part of the trump 2016 campaign so he answered truthfully. He was a Senator who happened to support Trump which is his right.
doesn’t matter. people are going to see it as sessions hiding something.
what it means? nothing...they won’t adoios him.
They will use it to hammer Pres. Trump when the schiff\nunes
investigation gets going.
The purpose of this is to get a special prosecutor. Even though there is no crime here. They need to get rid of sessions or to make him excuse himself and appoint a special prosecutor.
1. We don’t care. 2. What about hillary’s LIES!!!!!!! 3.SHUT UP!!
I visit with my friend Sergei in Moscow on Twitter often. We have been friends for years. We have some interesting conversations.
SO?
What a load of crap.
Ignore them and proceed with the agenda, according to plan.
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The libs never cared about Loretta Lynch and Slick Willie. They never cared about Lois Lerner or Lynch taking the fifth. We have to fight the double standard here and now. They can go straight to hell.
My grandmother was Russian.
You’re all in trouble now.
FOX News is reporting this.
It sounds ridiculous but we know the rats will make a mountain out of a mole hill.
Fox can go to hell too. Their news is just like CNN.
I call BS...but...my BIGGER question is this....
Why is Sarah Isgur Flores even AG Sessions spokesperson???
She’s a former NeverTrumper, was Carly Fiorina’s campaign manager and previously worked with Ted Cruz.
I DON’T TRUST HER!!
They think they will bring Sessions down as they did Flynn. They are very much mistaken.
Ignore them and proceed with the agenda.
Let them scream and look stupid.
That’s what Democrats taught us. We should learn the lesson.
Was listening to Issa this AM with Maria. Another moron that sees Russians in his soup.
These jackasses need to get on with the peoples business instead of looking for Russians under their beds.
I think it’s important to understand that the Democrats at this point don’t care if there’s any validity to all these “Russia” allegations and they don’t expect to get any sort of special prosecutor or findings. They know damn well there would be nothing to be found if this ever did happen.
They just want to keep the “Russia hacked the elections™” concept alive in the minds of the average inattentive voter. They’ll try anything to diminish the perceived validity of Trump’s victory and to excuse their massive electoral failures.
From what I understand it is regular business as a member of the armed services committee to meet with foreign dignitaries on a regular basis from many different countries.
The dems have zero integrity.
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