Posted on 03/02/2017 1:55:15 PM PST by Enlightened1
Some congressional Republicans were quick to agree Thursday with Democrats calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, following leaks and media reports that Sessions met with Moscow’s ambassador twice last year.
During a town hall with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on CNN Wednesday evening, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said that if Sessions had spoken with the Russian ambassador, “then for sure you need a special prosecutor.”
Graham did later call demands for Sessions' resignation "crazy" in a series of Thursday tweets, but added "Sessions needs to explain his contacts with the Russian ambassador during his service as a Senator - that’s appropriate."
"AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself," House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) tweeted early on Thursday.
"I think, the trust of the American people, you recuse yourself in these situations," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Thursday morning.
McCarthy, in a later appearance on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" backtracked and said he wasn't calling on Sessions to recuse himself.
"I'm not calling on [Sessions] to recuse himself," McCarthy said. "It's amazing how people spin things so quickly."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) joined in during an appearance on NPR on Thursday morning. "It is potentially the case that there is going to be Justice Department recommendations or referrals based on anything regarding the campaign, he said. "Depending on what more we learn about these meetings, it could very well be that the attorney general, in the interest of fairness and in his best interest, should potentially ask someone else to step in and play that role."
During a CNN town hall on Wednesday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sessions couldn't be trusted to investigate..
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No one would watch him if they had Varney in the same time slot on FOXB, probably why the don't.
“Sure is getting tiresome.”
Anything the Democrats and media can do to bog down the Trump administration cabinet in controversy, process, interviews, testimony, defending themselves publicly, or in any way responding to the phalanx of bull being hurled their way, is time spent NOT implementing Trump’s agenda!
That is all the democrats and the RINO’s have to slow it down.... It will be non-stop.
Especially not of Clinton, which was the purpose of this Sessions assassination.
I’ve argued this point all I intend to. As of the present, I’m only making predictions. I 100% predict that Trump will stand by Sessions all the way, and that the AG will by no means resign.
I’ll allow time to reveal whether I’m right or not.
Please ping me when you figure it out.
Smh.
Maybe they would have got him a different way but one of the first ports of call for vetting given the Russia claims should have been Russia.
The scum in the media have been left with an open goal, and a good man has been weakened because of it. Did his performance look like that if a fighting man today?
Let me be clear that I couldn’t care less about him speaking to any Russians, it’s a.non story in that respect. But it’s been handled poorly and those responsible for letting this distraction emerge, should lose their jobs.
And no Sessions is not one of them though he needs to up his game.
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