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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I hate Republicans....except for a handful who display some common sense. We need to replace so many of these cowardly SOB’s with those who will stand up for one another and expose the left’s antics for what they are instead of kowtowing to them!!!
I know sessions was going to recuse himself a minute before the presser began.....Cavuto announced it, citing a source. There you go, another leak.
“Top diplomats from Russia met with 30 Senate Democrats to tamp down concerns over the [Iran deal]”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/06/p51-nations-press-senate-democrats-to-support-iran-deal/
‘reminds me of the “amnesty” fiasco the other day’
Excellent comparison! The pearl clutches are simply looking for opportunities to panic. Fortunately Trump is not a pearl clutcher; he understands the big picture, and will not reward the enemy with Session’s resignation.
trumps entire pr team should be canned..they are weak and suck. THis will only get worse each time they cave
man up Sessions..sheesh
I don’t watch Cavuto (or any Fox News at all), so I didn’t have a chance to see that.
People have been underestimating Trump from Day One. No matter how many times he out-foxes the opposition, people still expect the worst.
Smh.
They are all going to cause a shootin’ war, purdy damn quick! I am so sick of the so called conservatives and RINO’s!
By recusing himself from any potential investigations of the 2016 election, Sessions has immediately taken himself out of the story.
This tells me that there aren't going to be any investigations at all.
My rationale is that if Sessions would have been under endless scrutiny and pressure to explain why there aren't any investigations ... and this idiocy would have gone on indefinitely. By recusing himself, he wipes his hands clean of the whole non-story forever.
” This place is being taken over by morons.”
Okay I’m a moron. So as it stands now the investigation falls to the guy Chuck the Schmuck wants. But you’re right there’s nothing to worry about. I’m sure this guy and his staff would be fair and without any agenda and oh yeah no selective leaks would come out. Since as you assert Trump is obviously a master of the political machinations of DC
I and the average Freepers can just stop worrying.
Who would that be?
I never knew the U.S. Senate minority leader has the power to appoint special prosecutors.
WE need to ELECT some DAMNED NAVY SEALS to office they WILL get the DAMNED JOB DONE!!!! I have NEVER SEEN such COWARDS in my life!!! WE gave these BASTARDS every branch of the government AND a LEADER that has a SPINE OF STEEL and they STILL have their COWARDLY TAILS between their legs as they RUN AWAY from ANY DAMNED CONTROVERSY!!! THEY are SO WEAK!!!
And Judge Napolitano convicted Sessions of "misleading Congress" shortly after the announcement. Sessions is done.
Fox played the ENTIRE from the beginning interrogation of Sessions by Al Franken and it is eye opening. First, he embarrassingly opened citing an article by CNN, qualifies it with i don’t know if it is true, so don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard about it........then tells him of the BUZZfeed compromising information on TRUMP and Russia. It was Frankens lead-in to ask Sessions if it is found to be true, blah, blah.
It was a compete setup, Sessions or anyone else would have thought Franken was talking only about the Trump surrogates involved in the campaign and sharing info with Russians.
Sessions is right to recuse.
But whoever leads the ridiculous Russia / elections investigation should NOT be any Obama holdover.
By the way, Trump will stand by Sessions.
If Trump throws the bus onto Sessions, he will be substantively finished as POTUS.
Yes he did indeed. Which is concerning in that, do these people know something we don’t?
Sessions IS NOT DONE, Trump WILL walk the FIRES OF HELL before he let’s ANYTHING happen to Sessions, UNFORTUNATELY he has NOTHING but COWARDS on his team so as usual he will take these BASTARDS on ALONE!!!
AND the Democrats are still running the show.
I’m sorry, but you still have not figured out how Washington works.
You seem to falsely believe by Jeff Sessions recusing himself it will get the Leftist and Globalist off of him. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH....
Congress will most likely nowJeff Sessions back into congress for more questioning. And no matter how it goes...., they will call for him to step down every single day, protests, etc... until he is gone just like Gen Flynn. Have you learned ANYTHING from Gen Flynn?
Oh but it just does not stop there. They will go after more people in the Trump Administration. And guess what? It’s ALREADY HAPPENING NOW. Look....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/kushner-flynn-sessions-russia.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2
DUMB MOVE TODAY!!! YOU NEVER FEED THE SHARKS...
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