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Sessions met with Russian Ambassador and did not disclose it.

Geez..is there anyone in the GOP that doesn't have ties to Russia?

Lying to congress is a big deal....just ask Rep. Chaffetz.
 
Fletch said:
So what?
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Gee. Seems like directly lying to Congress during a confirmation hearing is pretty significant.

And it seems like declaring you won't recuse yourself from a case that you have lied to Congress about is pretty significant too.

But at least he didn't have a private email server.
 
Threegoofs said:
Gee. Seems like directly lying to Congress during a confirmation hearing is pretty significant.

And it seems like declaring you won't recuse yourself from a case that you have lied to Congress about is pretty significant too.

But at least he didn't have a private email server.
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Whats the lie?
 
He was a US Senator. They meet with envoys from foreign nations all the time. Why is this worth being concerned about? Because it was Russia?
 
Beaudreaux said:
He was a US Senator. They meet with envoys from foreign nations all the time. Why is this worth being concerned about? Because it was Russia?
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Not quite. He was the ONLY member of his committee that had any meetings with the Russians.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Not quite. He was the ONLY member of his committee that had any meetings with the Russians.
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If he did something bad, he should resign. If he broke the law, he should be prosecuted.

No matter what at this point, he should at the very minimum recuse himself from any investigations into the Trump campaign and the Russians, or Russian hacking of the DNC, etc.
 
Lock him up.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Thanks for posting that video. That potentially changes things for Sessions. If it turns out that he did meet with a Russian government envoy, then he must resign for lying during his confirmation hearing... he's gotta go.
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Not only did he meet him...he met him at the GOP Convention!

How common is it for the Russian Ambassador to attend a GOP convention???
 
Threegoofs said:
Not only did he meet him...he met him at the GOP Convention!

How common is it for the Russian Ambassador to attend a GOP convention???
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I wouldn't know. But, it's a good question. I've never been to one. It seems plausible that ambassadors from other countries could be invited as guests to see how we do things in the US. That in and of itself is not sinister to me.

EDIT - Quick Google search turned this up from 2008: Conventions draw unprecedented foreign interest – The Denver Post

EDIT 2 - Here's another example: Meet the Odd Array of Foreign Politicians in Cleveland for the GOP Convention | Foreign Policy

That's actually surprising me that so many foreign dignitaries attend our two parties conventions. But, I guess it makes sense, like I said above, that they would want to see how we do things.
 
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No the private email server is the one used by the present whitehouse.
 
It s what the Dems say. The GOPers just tell alternative facts.
 
Lutherf said:
The questioning was with regard to his participation with the campaign. At the time he saw the ambassador he was not with the campaign and was not acting in a capacity on behalf of the campaign.
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Considering:

1) he met him AT THE GOP CONVENTION

2) no other member of the armed services committee has met with the Russian ambassador (Claire McCaskill was on for years and said she never met with a Russian ambassador- why would the Armed Services Committee do this at all?)

And

3) this was an extremely hot button issue during the hearing

Leads me to think you are oddly apologetic for his actions. That's a lot of smoke.

Recusal is obviously necessary, and frankly, now he's a legitimate target for the investigation, too.
 
No because it was during the election at the convention sight. Now what do you think they wre discussing?
 
Threegoofs said:
Considering:

1) he met him AT THE GOP CONVENTION

2) no other member of the armed services committee has met with the Russian ambassador (Claire McCaskill was on for years and said she never met with a Russian ambassador- why would the Armed Services Committee do this at all?)

And

3) this was an extremely hot button issue during the hearing

Leads me to think you are oddly apologetic for his actions. That's a lot of smoke.

Recusal is obviously necessary, and frankly, now he's a legitimate target for the investigation, too.
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It's because I'm a Russian spy:roll:

Last night MSNBC ran a 2 hour special about Trump and Russia. CNN, as far as I could tell, didn't report anything but Trump and Russia. The Times and the WaPo were wall to wall Trump and Russia. Why? Because this Sessions "revelation" is in any way damning? No, not because of that. It's ENTIRELY because Trump's speech to congress went really, really well and the media, coordinating with their Democrat allies, felt the need to stop any and all discussion of that before things got out of hand.

The Democrats are willing to submarine the nation as a whole if they think it will get them back in power. They'd rather be leading a burning wasteland than watch the Republicans nurture so much as one rose back into bloom.
 
Lutherf said:
It's because I'm a Russian spy:roll:

Last night MSNBC ran a 2 hour special about Trump and Russia. CNN, as far as I could tell, didn't report anything but Trump and Russia. The Times and the WaPo were wall to wall Trump and Russia. Why? Because this Sessions "revelation" is in any way damning? No, not because of that. It's ENTIRELY because Trump's speech to congress went really, really well and the media, coordinating with their Democrat allies, felt the need to stop any and all discussion of that before things got out of hand.

The Democrats are willing to submarine the nation as a whole if they think it will get them back in power. They'd rather be leading a burning wasteland than watch the Republicans nurture so much as one rose back into bloom.
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LOL.

Yes. This is all a smokescreen to turn peoples attention away from Trumps fantastic, hugely successful Teleprompter reading to Congress.


Yeah, thats the ticket!

 
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