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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:04 PM Jul 2017

Sessions and Kislyak Talked Trump Russia



Jul 21, 2017

Rachel Maddow reports on another batch of breaking news stories, including a Washington Post report that intelligence indicates that when Jeff Sessions met with Russian Ambassador Kislyak they talked about the Trump campaign and Russia-related matters.
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Sessions and Kislyak Talked Trump Russia (Original Post) L. Coyote Jul 2017 OP
More information to come, if there should be a trial, they want plenty of information so even the Thinkingabout Jul 2017 #1
Intelligence INDICATES that Sessions and Kislyak MAY Have Talked Russia. lapucelle Jul 2017 #2
A song for the elf.... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 #3

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. More information to come, if there should be a trial, they want plenty of information so even the
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:11 PM
Jul 2017

trumpers knows there is a problem.

lapucelle

(18,268 posts)
2. Intelligence INDICATES that Sessions and Kislyak MAY Have Talked Russia.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:32 PM
Jul 2017

Doesn't the intelligence concern a Kislyak conversation with a third party in which Kislyak claims to have spoken to Sessions during the campaign concerning Russia policy?

WaPo needs to be more concerned with accuracy than clickbait headlines. At this point the country needs journalists, not marketers.

"Russia’s ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. officials."

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"Current and former U.S. officials said that [Session's] assertion is at odds with Kislyak’s accounts of conversations during two encounters over the course of the campaign, one in April ahead of Trump’s first major foreign policy speech and another in July on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention."

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"Officials emphasized that the information contradicting Sessions comes from U.S. intelligence on Kislyak’s communications with the Kremlin, and acknowledged that the Russian ambassador could have mischaracterized or exaggerated the nature of his interactions."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-discussed-trump-campaign-related-matters-with-russian-ambassador-us-intelligence-intercepts-show/2017/07/21/3e704692-6e44-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html?utm_term=.22a37eb8a38e

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