Jeff Sessions Didn’t Tell Al Franken The Truth. Now Franken Has Some New Questions.

[Lakhota]

Why didn’t the attorney general come clean before he was caught, and what did he talk about with the Russians?

WASHINGTON ― When Jeff Sessions told Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) under oath that he had not talked to any Russians during the Trump campaign, Franken hadn’t even asked him if he had.

Franken was just trying to find out what Sessions would do as attorney general if reports that emerged on Jan. 10 were true. The reports said there was frequent contact betweenDonald Trump’s campaign surrogates and Russian government intermediaries.

Sessions never said what he would do, but he did exonerate himself.

“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” Sessions told Franken, with just a hint of a proud smile. “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it.”

But that was not true. Sessions met with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in his Senate office in September while the Obama administration was cranking up sanctions. He met Kislyak again in July, reportedly on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention.

Sessions said Thursday as he recused himself from any role in investigating the Russian attempts to influence the elections that he did not recall if he discussed politics with Kislyak, but that diplomats can be “gossipy.”

Now, Franken has some questions.

In a letter Franken sent to Sessions Thursday, Franken said he found if hard to believe the Russian efforts in the election did not come up in Sessions’ conversations.

“In July 2016, more than four months after endorsing then-candidate Trump, you delivered remarks during the Republican National Convention at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Following your speech, you were approached by a small group of ambassadors, including Ambassador Kislyak,” Franken wrote. “The ambassador later pulled you aside and engaged you in private conversation. The notion that this conversation, which took place during your party’s nominating convention, would not have touched upon issues related to the campaign strains credulity.”

Franken wants Sessions to answer two demands by Friday:

1. In the seven weeks following your confirmation hearing, why did you fail to clarify that you had indeed communicated on more than one occasion with the Russian Ambassador during the 2016 presidential campaign until the Washington Post exposed those interactions?

2. Describe in detail any and all communications between yourself and Russian officials and their associates during the presidential campaign of 2016, including but not limited to in-person conversations, phone calls, meetings, and electronic communications. Also include any such communications between members of your staff, including your Senate staff and any staff that assisted you during the campaign, and Russian officials and their associates.​

And if the answers to those questions show Sessions knowingly misled Congress, he is not fit to serve as the nation’s top law enforcer, Franken said.

“If it is determined that you lied to the [Judiciary] Committee and the American people under oath during your confirmation hearing, it is incumbent upon you to resign from your position as attorney general,” Franken wrote.

Video: Jeff Sessions Didn’t Tell Al Franken The Truth. Now Franken Has Some New Questions.

I agree! Senator Al Franken is hitting on the hot spots. Context is very important.

It's funny how you want context but won't qoute the entire line of the question the idiot Franken laid out for him. I know why you don't want to do that because it makes your entire case look stupid and a failure.

But if you want context I suggest you supply some. If you can't or won't I will. This is your chance. Take it or else.

I have posted several times what Senator Al Franken asked Sessions. Here it is again:

Franken: "CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week that included information that quote, ‘Russian operatives claimed to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.’ These documents also allegedly say quote, ‘There was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump's surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government.’

"Now, again, I'm telling you this as it's coming out, so you know. But if it's true, it's obviously extremely serious and if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"

Sessions: "Senator Franken, I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn't have — did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."

What Jeff Sessions told Al Franken about his Russia contacts

 

[Lewdog]

If we are going to conduct investigations on all this then we may as well investigate Obama and his comrades concerning how they are intending to undermine a sitting president and disrupt the business of our republic.

Let's be serious for a moment... I think Hillary was negligent in the Benghazi stuff, but how much money and time did Republicans in Congress spend trying to bust her for it? Yet here when it is the Republicans with their nuts in a vice you don't think there should be an investigation? It doesn't get any more partisan than that. This board is full of hypocrites that only think with their own political party in mind and ignore what is best for the country.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Nobody cares.

 

[Auld Phart]

If Franken has questions now, it's because he wasn't very clear with his questions at the confirmation.

 

[jc456]

If we are going to conduct investigations on all this then we may as well investigate Obama and his comrades concerning how they are intending to undermine a sitting president and disrupt the business of our republic.

Let's be serious for a moment... I think Hillary was negligent in the Benghazi stuff, but how much money and time did Republicans in Congress spend trying to bust her for it? Yet here when it is the Republicans with their nuts in a vice you don't think there should be an investigation? It doesn't get any more partisan than that. This board is full of hypocrites that only think with their own political party in mind and ignore what is best for the country.

There is but one statement, deleted 33k of emails

 

[Lewdog]

I didn't trust Sessions before, especially when during the confirmation hearing he was taking credit for helping cases when all he did was sign some papers. Now we have this crap... how can you have an AG you can't trust to tell the truth?

But you are OK with the last 8 years? funny. "I heard about it on the news" "I did not send or receive any classified" "not a smidgen of corruption" "It was their money" "you can keep your doctor"

I will now drop out of ALL Sessions bashing threads. File it under Global Warming. I don't play this nonsense.

Nope, I think Hillary broke a lot of laws and should have been punished for them.... and it is ridiculous that all you Trumpbots ignore the shit he and his cabinet does and just point your finger back at someone else.

Seriously, when the fuck is anyone going to just stand up and use personal responsibility!??!!?

Please tell me where anyone in the real world has ever been successful when every time they fuck up they say it isn't their fault because other's have fucked up too? How can we ever get a government that acts responsible and works for the people when all the people don't hold the government accountable for their actions, and instead just blame prior administrations for everything bad that happened and use it as a crutch for the current administration.

Grow the fuck up and hold your government accountable.

 

[owebo]

I didn't trust Sessions before, especially when during the confirmation hearing he was taking credit for helping cases when all he did was sign some papers. Now we have this crap... how can you have an AG you can't trust to tell the truth?

But you are OK with the last 8 years? funny. "I heard about it on the news" "I did not send or receive any classified" "not a smidgen of corruption" "It was their money" "you can keep your doctor"

I will now drop out of ALL Sessions bashing threads. File it under Global Warming. I don't play this nonsense.

Nope, I think Hillary broke a lot of laws and should have been punished for them.... and it is ridiculous that all you Trumpbots ignore the shit he and his cabinet does and just point your finger back at someone else.

Seriously, when the fuck is anyone going to just stand up and use personal responsibility!??!!?

Please tell me where anyone in the real world has ever been successful when every time they fuck up they say it isn't their fault because other's have fucked up too? How can we ever get a government that acts responsible and works for the people when all the people don't hold the government accountable for their actions, and instead just blame prior administrations for everything bad that happened and use it as a crutch for the current administration.

Grow the fuck up and hold your government accountable.

You vote Obama snowflake?

 

[jc456]

I didn't trust Sessions before, especially when during the confirmation hearing he was taking credit for helping cases when all he did was sign some papers. Now we have this crap... how can you have an AG you can't trust to tell the truth?

But you are OK with the last 8 years? funny. "I heard about it on the news" "I did not send or receive any classified" "not a smidgen of corruption" "It was their money" "you can keep your doctor"

I will now drop out of ALL Sessions bashing threads. File it under Global Warming. I don't play this nonsense.

Nope, I think Hillary broke a lot of laws and should have been punished for them.... and it is ridiculous that all you Trumpbots ignore the shit he and his cabinet does and just point your finger back at someone else.

Seriously, when the fuck is anyone going to just stand up and use personal responsibility!??!!?

Please tell me where anyone in the real world has ever been successful when every time they fuck up they say it isn't their fault because other's have fucked up too? How can we ever get a government that acts responsible and works for the people when all the people don't hold the government accountable for their actions, and instead just blame prior administrations for everything bad that happened and use it as a crutch for the current administration.

Grow the fuck up and hold your government accountable.

Still waiting on what they did

 

[Lewdog]

I didn't trust Sessions before, especially when during the confirmation hearing he was taking credit for helping cases when all he did was sign some papers. Now we have this crap... how can you have an AG you can't trust to tell the truth?

But you are OK with the last 8 years? funny. "I heard about it on the news" "I did not send or receive any classified" "not a smidgen of corruption" "It was their money" "you can keep your doctor"

I will now drop out of ALL Sessions bashing threads. File it under Global Warming. I don't play this nonsense.

Nope, I think Hillary broke a lot of laws and should have been punished for them.... and it is ridiculous that all you Trumpbots ignore the shit he and his cabinet does and just point your finger back at someone else.

Seriously, when the fuck is anyone going to just stand up and use personal responsibility!??!!?

Please tell me where anyone in the real world has ever been successful when every time they fuck up they say it isn't their fault because other's have fucked up too? How can we ever get a government that acts responsible and works for the people when all the people don't hold the government accountable for their actions, and instead just blame prior administrations for everything bad that happened and use it as a crutch for the current administration.

Grow the fuck up and hold your government accountable.

You vote Obama snowflake?

Nope.

 

[JakeStarkey]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Why didn’t the attorney general come clean before he was caught, and what did he talk about with the Russians?

WASHINGTON ― When Jeff Sessions told Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) under oath that he had not talked to any Russians during the Trump campaign, Franken hadn’t even asked him if he had.

Franken was just trying to find out what Sessions would do as attorney general if reports that emerged on Jan. 10 were true. The reports said there was frequent contact betweenDonald Trump’s campaign surrogates and Russian government intermediaries.

Sessions never said what he would do, but he did exonerate himself.

“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” Sessions told Franken, with just a hint of a proud smile. “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it.”

But that was not true. Sessions met with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in his Senate office in September while the Obama administration was cranking up sanctions. He met Kislyak again in July, reportedly on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention.

Sessions said Thursday as he recused himself from any role in investigating the Russian attempts to influence the elections that he did not recall if he discussed politics with Kislyak, but that diplomats can be “gossipy.”

Now, Franken has some questions.

In a letter Franken sent to Sessions Thursday, Franken said he found if hard to believe the Russian efforts in the election did not come up in Sessions’ conversations.

“In July 2016, more than four months after endorsing then-candidate Trump, you delivered remarks during the Republican National Convention at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Following your speech, you were approached by a small group of ambassadors, including Ambassador Kislyak,” Franken wrote. “The ambassador later pulled you aside and engaged you in private conversation. The notion that this conversation, which took place during your party’s nominating convention, would not have touched upon issues related to the campaign strains credulity.”

Franken wants Sessions to answer two demands by Friday:

1. In the seven weeks following your confirmation hearing, why did you fail to clarify that you had indeed communicated on more than one occasion with the Russian Ambassador during the 2016 presidential campaign until the Washington Post exposed those interactions?

2. Describe in detail any and all communications between yourself and Russian officials and their associates during the presidential campaign of 2016, including but not limited to in-person conversations, phone calls, meetings, and electronic communications. Also include any such communications between members of your staff, including your Senate staff and any staff that assisted you during the campaign, and Russian officials and their associates.​

And if the answers to those questions show Sessions knowingly misled Congress, he is not fit to serve as the nation’s top law enforcer, Franken said.

“If it is determined that you lied to the [Judiciary] Committee and the American people under oath during your confirmation hearing, it is incumbent upon you to resign from your position as attorney general,” Franken wrote.

Video: Jeff Sessions Didn’t Tell Al Franken The Truth. Now Franken Has Some New Questions.

I agree! Senator Al Franken is hitting on the hot spots. Context is very important.

It's funny how you want context but won't qoute the entire line of the question the idiot Franken laid out for him. I know why you don't want to do that because it makes your entire case look stupid and a failure.

But if you want context I suggest you supply some. If you can't or won't I will. This is your chance. Take it or else.

I have posted several times what Senator Al Franken asked Sessions. Here it is again:

Franken: "CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week that included information that quote, ‘Russian operatives claimed to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.’ These documents also allegedly say quote, ‘There was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump's surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government.’

"Now, again, I'm telling you this as it's coming out, so you know. But if it's true, it's obviously extremely serious and if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"

Sessions: "Senator Franken, I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn't have — did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."

What Jeff Sessions told Al Franken about his Russia contacts

And with that your entire story falls apart. Thanks for being honest when forced to do so.

So Sessions had no contact with the Russians concerning the election. Just as the rambling moron Franken asked in a round about way, kinda, maybe. While he was bringing up CNN reports that were unproven and ended up going nowhere. He did have meetings with a diplomat from Russia while he was an actual fucking senator in the arms commity. That must seem crazy to you.

 

[owebo]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

How'd he screw up?

 

[Lewdog]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

I didn't vote because I didn't think any candidate was qualified or deserved to be President. I would have voted for either Sanders or Kasich.

 

[Rob37]

If we are going to conduct investigations on all this then we may as well investigate Obama and his comrades concerning how they are intending to undermine a sitting president and disrupt the business of our republic.

Let's be serious for a moment... I think Hillary was negligent in the Benghazi stuff, but how much money and time did Republicans in Congress spend trying to bust her for it? Yet here when it is the Republicans with their nuts in a vice you don't think there should be an investigation? It doesn't get any more partisan than that. This board is full of hypocrites that only think with their own political party in mind and ignore what is best for the country.

Apples and oranges. Half of the nation believes that Hillary ought to be in prison. Yet there is absolutely no evidence of conspiracy. This is absolutely ridiculous. Everybody I know is pissed off about this. Granted, they are Republicans and voted for Trump, but we are talking about a lot of people being angry.

 

[JakeStarkey]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

How'd he screw up?

Nope, you don't get "just once more, please?" You are on personal ignore for this thread.

 

[owebo]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

How'd he screw up?

Nope, you don't get "just once more, please?" You are on personal ignore for this thread.

So,you don't know....

 

[Lewdog]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

How'd he screw up?

Nope, you don't get "just once more, please?" You are on personal ignore for this thread.

So,you don't know....

Don't mind Owe-doh! He's just posting his 3 word posts to try and get his "Poster of the Month" title back.

 

[owebo]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

How'd he screw up?

Nope, you don't get "just once more, please?" You are on personal ignore for this thread.

So,you don't know....

Don't mind Owe-doh! He's just posting his 3 word posts to try and get his "Poster of the Month" title back.

Says the Obama voter....

 

[Lewdog]

You vote Trump, cuch? I voted McMullin.

Sessions screwed up monumentally, and now he will pay for it.

How'd he screw up?

Nope, you don't get "just once more, please?" You are on personal ignore for this thread.

So,you don't know....

Don't mind Owe-doh! He's just posting his 3 word posts to try and get his "Poster of the Month" title back.

Says the Obama voter....

Up to 4 words. WoW that must have hurt your brain. I've been very clear I used to be a staunch Republican and voted McCain and Romney. So you need to find another ignorant argument to move on to. I know that will be difficult to fit into your word count though.

 

[owebo]

How'd he screw up?

Nope, you don't get "just once more, please?" You are on personal ignore for this thread.

So,you don't know....

Don't mind Owe-doh! He's just posting his 3 word posts to try and get his "Poster of the Month" title back.

Says the Obama voter....

Up to 4 words. WoW that must have hurt your brain. I've been very clear I used to be a staunch Republican and voted McCain and Romney. So you need to find another ignorant argument to move on to. I know that will be difficult to fit into your word count though.

I didn't vote Obama.....