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

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.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.025d1192308d

 

At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, 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.

“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.”​

 

This is George W. Bush's ethics lawyer:

 

Swamp Drained?

barfo

 

Fake swamp.

 

I'm sure it was innocent. After all, the white house was very forthright in telling us that Flynn was just wishing the Russians merry xmas.

So they definitely wouldn't be lying now about what Sessions talked to the Russians about. And Sessions probably just forgot that he'd ever spoken to any Russians. I mean, who remembers things like that?

Nope, nothing to see here!

barfo

 

I could do the General part of the job.

 

What would the Lakers have to do for you to stop loving them?

 

WASHINGTON—U.S. investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Jeff Sessions had with Russian officials during the time he was advising Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

The outcome of the inquiry, and whether it is ongoing, wasn’t clear, these people said. The contacts were being examined as part of a wide-ranging U.S. counterintelligence investigation into possible communications between members of Mr. Trump’s campaign team and Russian operatives, they said.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/invest...ns-contacts-with-russian-officials-1488424871

 

Kind of doesn't matter since he said he didn't have any contact with the russians. That's a lie even if he wasn't working for trump.

barfo

 

I don't think this has anything to do with foreign policy.

barfo