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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Yes.
And, he's spoken about running for president himself.
Does this put me in danger of being charged as a subversive!
Sessions didn’t lie to Congress. He was asked specifically if he talked to the Russians as a Trump representative or about the 2016 election. His honest answer was no. He wasn’t asked if he talked to any Russians about anything else or in another capacity.
I sure hope not, but you have to wonder after they threw Flynn overboard so quickly for a very similar incident (something I didn't support either). Pelosi is now saying that Sessions was under oath, which could complicate things for him further. Trump is known for the saying "you're fired" but we'll just have to see.
Sounds that way to me too.
However, if Sessions admits to the meetings and says they didn’t talk about the campaign, that does leave him exposed.
This is such contrived B.S.
As you talk about the fake news aspects of this, remember this is all predicated on the fake news story of Russia hijacking our election.
Pretty soon we’ll have fifth level fake news on top of fake news.
NEVER
It’s game on. Sessions isn’t going anywhere and Trump will swat this down like a fly in 24 hours.
NEXT.
No.
The country would revolt, period.
Resign for WHAT?
Correct...Sessions says he met with 20 or so over the course of time.
It’s like the so-called press is nothing but a worthless rumor mill. One outlet picks up a false story, then they all pick it up. They shouldn’t get credit as being the press. We don’t have a press. We have a rumor mill that shits innuendo.
Start fighting back with Liberals, they will soon shut up..they have more dirt than any one in Politics to hid...
Session needs to stop being the good guy, it got us no where before...grow some balls Republicans...
guess DJT will have to be the one to do the clean up ..he is the only one who is not bought and paid for...
LET'S ROLL AMERICA...DON'T LET LIBERALS THREATEN YOU...
Flynn mislead Pence. That is why Flynn resigned.
Trump can hire and fire who he wants and when he wants
Again, Flynn resigned because of his interactions with Pence.
MAGA
Make America Great Again - and Trump is just a little over 30 days into his first term.
Whoot!
You are delusional.
“What difference does it make?”
Leni
I went as a tourist to St Petersburg years ago. I talked our Russian guide. Can I be forced into exile or what?
Apparently yes, if you talked to them during the 2016 campaign.
For too long, the Right has been afraid to play hardball. If this happened to a democRAT they would plow ahead as if nothing happened. They would stonewall it, obfuscate it, avoid it and do anything to slow walk it out of the news cycle.
We need to step up and play the same game. Forge ahead and let them get their panties in a twist. Nobody else cares about this stuff but the Left and the media.
But then I repeat myself...
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