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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:48 PM Jun 2017

Atty-General Sessions uses executive privilege for Trump questions, even though Trump has not...

...declared executive privilege. He said he was protecting the President (the Executive Branch) from future events where the "executive privilege" might be needed?

He artfully (or inartfully) dodged most questions where Trump might be involved, depending on your perspective.

Most of the Committee were not prepared with the proper questions for AG Sessions, in my opinion.

He covered quite well for Trump, I thought.

However, there was little progress made in the hearing, imo. We still don't have any idea what was discussed with the Russians, although Sessions admitted that he had discussed sanctions in one conversation. He knew nothing about Jared Kushner or Trump's connections to Russia?

All in all, he was legally prepared to protect himself and Trump but very little new ground was broken. We still have most of the questions we had before.

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Atty-General Sessions uses executive privilege for Trump questions, even though Trump has not... (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2017 OP
So what was the point of his appearance? leftstreet Jun 2017 #1
It did show him dodging and ducking, so the optics were unfavorable. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #3
To see how much and often he would lie, thus be open for charges against him. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2017 #11
Delaying that Turbineguy Jun 2017 #2
+1000 dchill Jun 2017 #4
I think the Senate will have to charge one or two with contempt of Congress... kentuck Jun 2017 #5
It's contempt C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #6
unprecedented. check the law and get him, coats & rogers back in to answer the questions spanone Jun 2017 #7
The big picture: What is Trump hiding? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #8
It is past time for an Independent Investigation Commission...this is a waste of time! BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #9
I want that pic of sessions & rusky @ Mayflower furtheradu Jun 2017 #10

leftstreet

(36,116 posts)
1. So what was the point of his appearance?
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:50 PM
Jun 2017

This is all starting to look and sound like political theater to me

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
5. I think the Senate will have to charge one or two with contempt of Congress...
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:54 PM
Jun 2017

..if they expect to make much progress?

The Senate has oversight and they must use the powers that are granted them.

spanone

(135,886 posts)
7. unprecedented. check the law and get him, coats & rogers back in to answer the questions
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:06 PM
Jun 2017

cnn reported the republicans held eric holder in contempt for not answering questions

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,869 posts)
8. The big picture: What is Trump hiding?
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:06 PM
Jun 2017

Sessions, and previously Coats and Rogers, have all refused to testify about their conversations with Trump even though Trump has not asserted executive privilege or claimed that the conversations involved classified or otherwise protected material. They used the justification that revealing the content of those conversations would be "inappropriate," but there is no legal privilege or exception for "inappropriateness." So what's going on? Did Trump threaten them to keep them from talking? If so, with what?

Whatever Trump is covering up must be so bad that he's willing to risk all manner of political and legal blowback to prevent its disclosure. I think Sessions probably would testify under subpoena if it came to that, but only then (a subpoena would get him off the hook with Trump). Sessions might be lying about his contacts with the Russians but that's secondary to the big issue, which is what Trump is covering up about his connections with Russia.

What really struck me is the fact that so far nobody has said that Trump has asked about the status of the Russia hacking investigation. That's the dog that didn't bark. Trump isn't asking because he already knows.

BigmanPigman

(51,635 posts)
9. It is past time for an Independent Investigation Commission...this is a waste of time!
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:10 PM
Jun 2017

Meanwhile we lose the ACA!

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
10. I want that pic of sessions & rusky @ Mayflower
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 07:01 PM
Jun 2017

On every media outlet. Getti photos. I don't tweet, I am tech impaired, but it is evidence of sessions lying AGAIN. Perjury.

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