Sessions Spoke Twice With Russian Ambassador During Trump’s Presidential Campaign

[theHawk]

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice in 2016 with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, but did not mention this during his confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general. Sessions was asked about possible contacts between President Trump's campaign and the Russian government. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator’s office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential race.

The previously undisclosed discussions could fuel new congressional calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russia’s alleged role in the 2016 presidential election. As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI, which have been leading investigations into Russian meddling and any links to Trump’s associates. He has so far resisted calls to recuse himself.

When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, the senator was a senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee as well as one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers. Sessions played a prominent role supporting Trump on the stump after formally joining the campaign in February 2016.

Much More: Sessions Spoke Twice With Russian Ambassador During Trump’s Presidential Campaign, Justice Officials Say

Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose

Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking

Apparently Sessions lied, under oath, about having contact with Russia during Trump's campaign. Therefore, he must recuse himself from any Trump-Russia investigations - and he must be investigated. In hindsight - President Obama should have blown the whistle on all this while he was still in office.

He was a Senator, not in the "Trump campaign". It may come as a shock to you but Senators are allowed to speak to ambassadors.

 

[theHawk]

Both the Ukraine and Russia as well as other countries of course had skin in the game. The Ukraine favored Hillary (considering they are Hillary's biggest donors to her foundation).

And they worked with a Hillary advisor to smear Manafort by lying about a corruption investigation.

In deep shit now that she lost. Hillary's fave oligarch Pinchuk actually received permission from Clinton to do a multi million dollar deal with Iran.

I beleive Pinchuk has donated 8 million to date to the foundation with a total owed of 25 million.

deflection ^^^^^^^^^^

the thread is about Trumps AG lying his ass off and getting busted.

btw, quit trolling.

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

 

[Lakhota]

deflection ^^^^^^^^^^

the thread is about Trumps AG lying his ass off and getting busted.

btw, quit trolling.

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Funny. I heard what they asked him. I heard what Senator Al Franken asked him. I heard what Sessions said - under oath. BTW, Senator Al Franken will be on Morning Joe this morning. Tune in...

 

[oreo]

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Funny. I heard what they asked him. I heard what Senator Al Franken asked him. I heard what Sessions said - under oath. BTW, Senator Al Franken will be on Morning Joe this morning. Tune in...

 

[oreo]

deflection ^^^^^^^^^^

the thread is about Trumps AG lying his ass off and getting busted.

btw, quit trolling.

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

 

[Lakhota]

“Sessions is not fit to serve as the top law enforcement officer of our country.”

“Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate,” Pelosi said in a statement released late Wednesday. “Under penalty of perjury, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee, ‘I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.’ We now know that statement is false.”

Nancy Pelosi: Sessions Lied Under Oath And Must Resign

I agree! He must also suffer the legal consequences for lying under oath.

 

[emilynghiem]

So now Jeff Sessions is the New Bill Clinton:
"I did not have verbal relations with that Putin."

 

[tinydancer]

So let's really see from the WP article. The questions were related to the campaign. Leahy's written question proves it.

"Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?” Leahy wrote."

Sessions at a Heritage Foundation Event. Many ambassadors approached him.

"Two months before the September meeting, Sessions attended a Heritage Foundation event in July on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention that was attended by about 50 ambassadors.

When the event was over, a small group of ambassadors approached Sessions as he was leaving the podium, and Kislyak was among them, the Justice Department official said."

And the September meeting was in his capacity as senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee .

Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose

 

[tinydancer]

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Funny. I heard what they asked him. I heard what Senator Al Franken asked him. I heard what Sessions said - under oath. BTW, Senator Al Franken will be on Morning Joe this morning. Tune in...

I have Franken's question and it refers specifically to the campaign.

"At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign.


CAMPAIGN

“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” he responded. He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”




Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose

 

[EvilCat Breath]

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

Sessions was on the Armed Services Committee and certainly had conversations with foreign officials.

Flynn did not lie to the FBI. He made a misstatement to the vice president.

 

[tinydancer]

How did he lie when his contact with the Russian ambassador and others involved his day job?

Not the campaign. Cripes one meeting took place at a Heritage Foundation event and the ambassadors approached him. Right in the article.

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

Senior member of the Armed Services Committee. A duty to communicate with foreign officials.

 

[Siete]

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice in 2016 with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, but did not mention this during his confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general. Sessions was asked about possible contacts between President Trump's campaign and the Russian government. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator’s office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential race.

The previously undisclosed discussions could fuel new congressional calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russia’s alleged role in the 2016 presidential election. As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI, which have been leading investigations into Russian meddling and any links to Trump’s associates. He has so far resisted calls to recuse himself.

When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, the senator was a senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee as well as one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers. Sessions played a prominent role supporting Trump on the stump after formally joining the campaign in February 2016.

Much More: Sessions Spoke Twice With Russian Ambassador During Trump’s Presidential Campaign, Justice Officials Say

Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose

Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking

Apparently Sessions lied, under oath, about having contact with Russia during Trump's campaign. Therefore, he must recuse himself from any Trump-Russia investigations - and he must be investigated. In hindsight - President Obama should have blown the whistle on all this while he was still in office.

He was a Senator, not in the "Trump campaign". It may come as a shock to you but Senators are allowed to speak to ambassadors.

you're an idiot Sparrow ..

Sessions, who became the first U.S. senator to endorse Trump in February, has since emerged as one of the business mogul’s closest advisors.

Senate staffers said they expected him to be confirmed, but the process may not be an easy one.

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so Sessions, Trumps closest advisor, spoke with Russia twice, lied about it, and continued to advise Trump until he was elected, then Sessions was appointed AG by Trump

smells like horseshit.

 

[Siete]

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

Senior member of the Armed Services Committee. A duty to communicate with foreign officials.

Sessions wasnt asked about Iran, Saudi,China, Mexico or any other damn country and their foreign officials, he was specifically asked about Russia, and he LIED and said NO .. twice.

 

[charwin95]

there's some serious shit coming down tonight, also Obama hid hacking intel so Trump couldn't toss it

fantastic[/QUOTES
And Obama withheld it...Obama's in deep shitt.

Not true, he sent a memo to the Senate intelligence folks and McConnell declined to investigate.

And did Obama run to the NYT?

Team Obama has been behind all the leaks of classified information. Busted.

Do you have any link to prove your lies? Don't time its coming from Trump.

 

[tinydancer]

Then why did Sessions lie under oath?

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

Sessions was on the Armed Services Committee and certainly had conversations with foreign officials.

Flynn did not lie to the FBI. He made a misstatement to the vice president.

I want to get Franken's exact question directly from C Span because it will prove Sessions is telling the truth.

Franken was hitting Sessions over the dossier and the campaign. This is from Brietbart but I want to get the real link.

Here, via C-SPAN, is the transcript:

Franken: CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week, that included information that “Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.”

These documents also allegedly say “there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government.” 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 did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it.

Franken: Very well.

Fake News: Media, Dems Distort Remarks to Target Jeff Sessions

 

[Political Junky]

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice in 2016 with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, but did not mention this during his confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general. Sessions was asked about possible contacts between President Trump's campaign and the Russian government. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator’s office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential race.

The previously undisclosed discussions could fuel new congressional calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russia’s alleged role in the 2016 presidential election. As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI, which have been leading investigations into Russian meddling and any links to Trump’s associates. He has so far resisted calls to recuse himself.

When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, the senator was a senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee as well as one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers. Sessions played a prominent role supporting Trump on the stump after formally joining the campaign in February 2016.

Much More: Sessions Spoke Twice With Russian Ambassador During Trump’s Presidential Campaign, Justice Officials Say

Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose

Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking

Apparently Sessions lied, under oath, about having contact with Russia during Trump's campaign. Therefore, he must recuse himself from any Trump-Russia investigations - and he must be investigated. In hindsight - President Obama should have blown the whistle on all this while he was still in office.

He was a Senator, not in the "Trump campaign". It may come as a shock to you but Senators are allowed to speak to ambassadors.

He certainly was very active in the Trump campaign.

 

[charwin95]

Bigger problem on the horizon is going to be for the Obama team who have been releasing all the classified information.

The Times busted them.

CONFIRMED: Obama Sabotaged Trump’s Transition To The White House

Did you read your link or you just look at it?

 

[tinydancer]

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

Senior member of the Armed Services Committee. A duty to communicate with foreign officials.

Sessions wasnt asked about Iran, Saudi,China, Mexico or any other damn country and their foreign officials, he was specifically asked about Russia, and he LIED and said NO .. twice.

Too bad so sad Sessions responded to specific questions about the campaign. Not about general communication that he could have had as a Senator.

And he was a senior member of the Armed Services Committee.

 

[Siete]

He didn't.


"Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

She said Mr. Sessions had at least 25 conversations in 2016 with ambassadors from a range of nations — including Britain, Japan, China, Germany and Russia — while on the Senate Armed Services Committee."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html?_r=1

He said he had no contact with Russians - under oath.

That's not what they asked him.
They asked him if he had any contact with Russians in regards to the 2016 election.

Senators don't talk to high level Russian officials. That is the Secretary of State's primary responsibility, or in this case John Kerry representing the Obama administration. A republican Jeff Sessions is not representing the Obama administration. His sole responsibility is to represent his constituents in Alabama. There was NO reason for Jeff Sessions or General Flynn to be talking to high level Russian officials during the CAMPAIGN SEASON.

Now this is the second time this has happened, and you used the same excuse for General Flynn who also lied to the FBI and others and got fired over it.

Sessions lied to congress. He cannot be Attorney General and expected to be trusted when he is in charge of the FBI & DOJ, and especially with this ongoing investigation into this Russian hacking of DNC databases, which he appears to be heavily involved in.

Sessions was on the Armed Services Committee and certainly had conversations with foreign officials.

Flynn did not lie to the FBI. He made a misstatement to the vice president.

I want to get Franken's exact question directly from C Span because it will prove Sessions is telling the truth.

Franken was hitting Sessions over the dossier and the campaign. This is from Brietbart but I want to get the real link.

Here, via C-SPAN, is the transcript:

Franken: CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week, that included information that “Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.”

These documents also allegedly say “there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government.” 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 did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it.

Franken: Very well.

Fake News: Media, Dems Distort Remarks to Target Jeff Sessions

screw cspan ... from Franken's lips

 

[tinydancer]

Bigger problem on the horizon is going to be for the Obama team who have been releasing all the classified information.

The Times busted them.

CONFIRMED: Obama Sabotaged Trump’s Transition To The White House

Did you read your link or you just look at it?

I read all my links. And?