Re: Oopsie! Up to 30 Democrats should resign for meeting with Russian diplomats in 20
That isn't the statement that has gotten him into trouble. It is the uncaveated one he verbally gave to Al Franken under oath. Though I don't think it is clear cut enough to warrant charges. He could say the "about the campaign" was implied.
Here's Senator Franken's full question:
FRANKEN: CNN has just published a story, and I'm telling you this about a news story that's just been published, I'm not expecting you to know whether or not it's true or not. But 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...uh...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?
“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” Sessions responded. “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
Sessions was specifically referring to communication with Russians in his capacity as a surrogate for the campaign, the only capacity that was relevant to Senator Franken's question. He is not, as some have suggested, referring to conversations he might have had with a Russian ambassador while carrying out his duties as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Again, the context of Franken's question is important. The Minnesota Senator was asking him specifically about alleged meetings between Trump surrogates and a shadowy cabal of Russian intelligence agents, not ambassadors he may have spoken to in his capacity as a U.S. Senator.
Of course, the facts of this matter will go largely ignored, abandoned by the opposition media in an effort to smear Attorney General Sessions and push the Russia narrative into several more news cycles.
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