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orangecrush

(19,571 posts)
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:06 PM Nov 2017

Sessions under renewed scrutiny on Capitol Hill

Source: C.N.N.

Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions is once again under scrutiny on Capitol Hill regarding his candor about Russia and the Trump campaign amid revelations that he rejected a suggestion to convene a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump last year.

According to court filings unsealed this week, Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos suggested at a March 2016 meeting that he could use his connections to set up a meeting between Putin and Trump with the then-GOP candidate's national security team. An Instagram picture on Trump's account shows Sessions attended the meeting at which Papadopoulos made the suggestion.

After Trump declined to rule out the idea, Sessions weighed in and rejected the proposed meeting, according to a person who attended.
But Sessions, who was a top surrogate for Trump during the campaign, did not disclose these discussions despite a persistent set of questions from Democrats and some Republicans about Russia during multiple hearings on Capitol Hill. The new information is renewing attention to how forthcoming Sessions has been with Congress.

There is interest from Democrats on both the Senate intelligence and judiciary committees for Sessions to formally clarify his remarks made before both committees given what's now known about his interactions with Papadopoulos, a Senate aide told CNN. The source said the request for clarification could take several forms, such as having Sessions testify again or submitting a clarification in writing, but that has not yet been determined.






Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/jeff-sessions-congress-russia-trump-campaign/index.html



Ruh Roh!
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Sessions under renewed scrutiny on Capitol Hill (Original Post) orangecrush Nov 2017 OP
Sessions probably party to a top-level back channel already arranged with Russians by then. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #1
Bam! ffr Nov 2017 #2
Sessions will Scarsdale Nov 2017 #4
.... orangecrush Nov 2017 #9
careful. If sessions leaves too quickly, a new AG can fire Mueller before he's done. nt wiggs Nov 2017 #3
You're assuming that Trump will find someone who wants the job FakeNoose Nov 2017 #6
see #10 orangecrush Nov 2017 #14
Maybe they can make a deal with Satan orangecrush Nov 2017 #10
Yes. BadgerMom Nov 2017 #13
Seems like every one of t-rump's crew have lied on ties to Russia Iliyah Nov 2017 #5
Al Franken fried the Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #7
can't wait orangecrush Nov 2017 #12
Oh yes!!! Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #16
Ah, the memories! orangecrush Nov 2017 #17
TG for Al. If anyone has the smarts, tenacity, & cajones to Alice11111 Nov 2017 #22
Oh this is going to be so SWEET. Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #24
Yep! All guilty FakeNoose Nov 2017 #8
Great pic! orangecrush Nov 2017 #18
going to be interesting orangecrush Nov 2017 #11
Today just keeps getting better and better. Mrs. Overall Nov 2017 #15
It feels like spring orangecrush Nov 2017 #19
Yes, it does! Mrs. Overall Nov 2017 #21
... orangecrush Nov 2017 #23
Yes, but this is the Democrats suggesting this. PearliePoo2 Nov 2017 #20
sounds like a fun time to me! orangecrush Nov 2017 #25
Oh, so now he gets to change his answers? louis-t Nov 2017 #26
That will only orangecrush Nov 2017 #32
Mr. Rogers wants to know vlyons Nov 2017 #27
Or "perjury"? orangecrush Nov 2017 #33
He'll resign late tomorrow, before he gets indicted. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #28
I love orangecrush Nov 2017 #34
Soon, we will get breaking news that he resigned. *keeping fingers crossed* SummerSnow Nov 2017 #29
a picture says a thousand words doesn't it onetexan Nov 2017 #30
WHY? to watch him lie again? ....... VaBchTgerLily Nov 2017 #31

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
6. You're assuming that Trump will find someone who wants the job
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:33 PM
Nov 2017

Anyone who would take the job of AG would have to be willing to lose his license and JD.
Or else not have one, in which case he/she wouldn't be qualified.

BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)
13. Yes.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:50 PM
Nov 2017

His resignation frightens me more than his continued traitorous service. At least everyone sees his perfidy. A new AG fulfills the Trump dream of a crony overseeing Mueller.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Seems like every one of t-rump's crew have lied on ties to Russia
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:20 PM
Nov 2017

and one is the head of the DOJ. Sessions' committed perjury and must resign (not in their thought) since t-rump's crew think their GAWD has a higher reason for them to fuck up the USA.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Al Franken fried the
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:36 PM
Nov 2017

Keebler Elf,and now his little Perjured ass is grass. This will shake the Senate Foundation to it's core.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
22. TG for Al. If anyone has the smarts, tenacity, & cajones to
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 02:28 PM
Nov 2017

Take JBS III down, it will be Al. However, remember even Trump tried, for BS reasons no less, but the Senate stood boldly wih Sessions

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
20. Yes, but this is the Democrats suggesting this.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 02:05 PM
Nov 2017

Will the Committee Chairs Grassley and Burr allow hauling Jeffrey's wrinkled, little ass back in front of them?
Man, I hope so.
We DO know Feinstein is pissed.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
28. He'll resign late tomorrow, before he gets indicted.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 02:54 PM
Nov 2017

This is why Mueller dropped the Papa indictment now, to clean house at DoJ. Can't have an indicted Trump co-conspirator in charge of law enforcement any longer, shit is getting too real.

Papadopoulos plea deal has opened up Jeff Sessions to perjury charges
By Frank Vyan Walton -- Nov 01, 2017

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
29. Soon, we will get breaking news that he resigned. *keeping fingers crossed*
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 02:56 PM
Nov 2017

or maybe that stubborn little elf will stay

onetexan

(13,042 posts)
30. a picture says a thousand words doesn't it
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 03:10 PM
Nov 2017

"Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos suggested at a March 2016 meeting that he could use his connections to set up a meeting between Putin and Trump with the then-GOP candidate's national security team. An Instagram picture on Trump's account shows Sessions attended the meeting at which Papadopoulos made the suggestion. "

Wonder how this racist snake will slither himself out of this one

VaBchTgerLily

(231 posts)
31. WHY? to watch him lie again? .......
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 03:17 PM
Nov 2017

it is already known that he lied under oath- how many chances do these Trump admin people get? If this were a democrat they would have already been strung up

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