Sessions refuses to discuss his conversation with Trump about Comey or Russia

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In a testy exchange, Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, pressed Mr. Sessions to say whether he had been interviewed by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel who is investigating possible links between Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign, as well as whether Mr. Trump committed obstruction of justice by firing the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey.

Mr. Sessions responded by telling the senator that he would have to ask Mr. Mueller, prompting Mr. Leahy to growl: “I’m asking you.” Mr. Sessions eventually answered “no,” and when Mr. Leahy pressed him further, he reiterated, “The answer’s no.”

Mr. Sessions also pushed back against Mr. Leahy, who accused Mr. Sessions of misleading Congress when he said during his confirmation process that he did not have contacts with Russians during the 2016 campaign. In fact, Mr. Sessions met several times with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak.

Mr. Sessions said that he had interpreted questions about contacts, based on their context, as being about campaign-related conversations. He also asserted that he never had “a meeting with any Russian officials to discuss any kind of coordinating campaign efforts.”

Mr. Sessions also sidestepped a question by Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, about whether it would be “problematic” for Mr. Trump to issue a pre-emptive pardon to someone of interest to Mr. Mueller’s investigation before the special counsel finished his work.

“Well, the pardon power is quite broad,” Mr. Sessions said. “I’ve not studied it. I do not know if that would be appropriate or not.”

Sessions will not say whether Trump talked to him about the Russia investigation

Mr. Sessions did not shed new light on his role in Mr. Trump’s abrupt firing of Mr. Comey, again invoking the president’s right to private conversations when pressed by Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee’s top Democrat.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/us/politics/sessions-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing.html

 

only proper seeing he recused himself from the Russia investigation .

 

mueller will have fun with him later. As he did with Priebus and note taking Spicer!

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Sessions' meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign came up quickly during the hearing, and was the subject of multiple testy exchanges with his former colleagues on the committee.

Leahy asked Sessions about his response to a question on his confirmation questionnaire. Leahy referred to the questionnaire, which asked if Sessions had been in contact with anyone connected to the Russian government. 

"You answered emphatically, no," Leahy said, noting that after Sessions' confirmation it was revealed by the press that Sessions had met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on multiple occasions. "You answered no, you concealed your own contact with Russian officials at a time when such contacts were of great interest to the committee."

Leahy said that as a senator, Sessions "wouldn't tolerate being misled" and asked him if he could "understand" the impression of Democrats that his answer was "false testimony."

"I believe my answer was correct," Sessions said, pulling out the questionnaire and reading from the lead-up to the question, which referenced interference in the 2016 campaign. 

"I took that to mean, not any casual conversation, but did I participate with the Russians about the 2016 election," Sessions said. "Every one of your previous questions talked about improper involvement and I felt the answer was no."

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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/jeff-sessions-senate-testimony/index.html

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There were probably important things said at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, but the highlight was almost certainly a sheepish Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) apologizing for spilling his Dr Pepper on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas):

 

 

"Sorry to have added to the drama and distracted you for a minute," Sasse told Sessions. "I was paying enough attention there that I dumped a Dr Pepper on Sen. Cruz." Suuuure.

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http://theweek.com/speedreads/731680/ben-sasse-dumped-dr-pepper-ted-cruz

 

hahaha.

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The Nebraska senator also joked that he was wearing a " 'Lee Harvey Oswald Was Framed' t-shirt" when he spilled the soda on Cruz, referring to President Trump’s past unfounded claims that Cruz’s father was linked to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Cruz replied with an image resembling one of the cryptic notes the Zodiac killer sent to police in the late 1960s and early 1970s, featuring the killer’s symbol at the bottom of the page.

 

pic.twitter.com/CRKdrSDWes

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 18, 2017

 

A meme claiming that Cruz was the Zodiac killer went viral during the 2016 presidential campaign.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356059-cruz-tweets-reference-to-zodiac-killer-meme

 

upon careful analysis the message conveyed was FAKE MELANIA. Cruz knows...

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3 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356059-cruz-tweets-reference-to-zodiac-killer-meme

 

upon careful analysis the message conveyed was FAKE MELANIA. Cruz knows...

Teddy could be the zodiac killer....it could explain his creepiness.

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10 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/jeff-sessions-senate-testimony/index.html

his cookies are delicious