Week of July 18
Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador, is among a small group of diplomats who
chat with Mr. Sessions after an event during the Republican National Convention.
Are we supposed to consider this a 'meeting' with between Sessions and the Russians ?
Is it also a 'meeting' between Sessions and each of the diplomats in the group ?
Are pinheads actually insane in the true sense of the word ?
Sept. 8
Mr. Sessions meets privately with Ambassador Kislyak in his Senate office.
At the confirmation hearing for attorney general, Senator Al Franken, a Democrat,
asks Mr. Sessions what he would do if “there is any evidence that anyone affiliated
with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course
of this campaign.” Mr. Sessions replies: “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.”
Franken's question is about the campaign. "Affiliated with the Trump campaign"...."in the course of this campaign"....the context is clear .....and Sessions denies communications with Russians in that context....
His meeting was between a Senator and an Ambassador....not between a campaign official and a Russian....just as any meeting between a Senator and any foreign country's ambassador and is quite normal.
Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, asks Mr. Sessions in a written questionnaire whether “he had been in contact with anyone connected to any party of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day.” Mr. Sessions replied, “No.”
The context of the questions is the Trump campaign....meeting to discuss the campaign, and
Leahy plainly asks about meeting with Russians in connection with the 2016 election...
Sessions says he did not meet with the Russians in connection with the 2016 election.
He clarifies that as a Senator, in the course of his job, he often meets with foreign Ambassadors.
In neither case was there perjury or an attempt to mislead anyone.....there was no attempt to cover up these so called "meetings" ... there was no 'secret' about either 'meeting'....
they didn't occur behind a tree in the park or in the back seat of car parked in a dark alley....they were overt and public for anyone to
find out about if they cared to.
He will probably recuse himself just to make the pinheads happy, no big deal....
Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador, is among a small group of diplomats who
chat with Mr. Sessions after an event during the Republican National Convention.
Are we supposed to consider this a 'meeting' with between Sessions and the Russians ?
Is it also a 'meeting' between Sessions and each of the diplomats in the group ?
Are pinheads actually insane in the true sense of the word ?
Sept. 8
Mr. Sessions meets privately with Ambassador Kislyak in his Senate office.
At the confirmation hearing for attorney general, Senator Al Franken, a Democrat,
asks Mr. Sessions what he would do if “there is any evidence that anyone affiliated
with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course
of this campaign.” Mr. Sessions replies: “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.”
Franken's question is about the campaign. "Affiliated with the Trump campaign"...."in the course of this campaign"....the context is clear .....and Sessions denies communications with Russians in that context....
His meeting was between a Senator and an Ambassador....not between a campaign official and a Russian....just as any meeting between a Senator and any foreign country's ambassador and is quite normal.
Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, asks Mr. Sessions in a written questionnaire whether “he had been in contact with anyone connected to any party of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day.” Mr. Sessions replied, “No.”
The context of the questions is the Trump campaign....meeting to discuss the campaign, and
Leahy plainly asks about meeting with Russians in connection with the 2016 election...
Sessions says he did not meet with the Russians in connection with the 2016 election.
He clarifies that as a Senator, in the course of his job, he often meets with foreign Ambassadors.
In neither case was there perjury or an attempt to mislead anyone.....there was no attempt to cover up these so called "meetings" ... there was no 'secret' about either 'meeting'....
they didn't occur behind a tree in the park or in the back seat of car parked in a dark alley....they were overt and public for anyone to
find out about if they cared to.
He will probably recuse himself just to make the pinheads happy, no big deal....
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