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

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  1. Texas Republican

    Texas Republican Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Democrats do it all the time. Character assassination. And then after the person's life is ruined, years later we read that they were exonerated.
     
  2. Iriemon

    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I just asked about *your* post.

    The fact you cannot explain your question demonstrates you have no basis for your blather. What a surprise.
     
  3. sawyer

    sawyer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The good part is an attack based on out of context quotes and deception is doomed to failure but it's all the left has remaining in its arsenal.
     
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    It's over. The upshot is that if there ever is an investigation of Trump's campaign colluding with Russia, Sessions will recuse himself.

    Meanwhile, AG Sessions is still gearing up to put the old sow behind bars. Lock her up!
     
  5. RP12

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    You simply can not understand it.. AT this or call ir AQ or AQQ or whatever as you think that is scoring points here. Damn funny.
     
  6. Iriemon

    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What part of that language do you claim makes my post untrue and why?

    Sure context is important.

    And when Sessions flat out said "I did not have communications with the Russians" in the context of the time he was an affiliate to the Trump campaign, that was a lie.

    We now know he did in fact have communications with the Russians.

    You continuing to mis-characterize his statements only makes you look desperate and dishonest.
     
  7. APACHERAT

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    Lets try using "Breitbart News."

    The death of Andrew Breitbart was a huge lost to America.

    How many liberals know that it was Andrew Breibart who helped Arianna Huffington to start up the Huffington Post ? And was involved in creating "Red Eye" on Fox News so all of the pot smokers would have something to watch on tv during the early morning hours ?

    Not sure who was behind the Red Eye "Leg Chair" but I would stay up just to see who would be sitting in the "Leg Chair" every night.
     
  8. Labouroflove

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    The foreknowledge of the Senate panel, that in fact senators do in the normal course of Senate business have contact with foreign emissaries, creates a stipulation of fact regarding these incidental contacts.

    The FACT that the Senate panel knew about these on the record official courtesy contacts is absolute evidence that they were not asking about them, but about reports of unique meetings with foreign operatives concerning the presidential campaign and election.

    Cheers
     
  9. Iriemon

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    Funny, it's not the liberals who are defending a lie.

    My post included the language he accused me of omitting and lying.

    There is nothing hidden because once again you've failed to demonstrate why the language prior to the context makes Sessions' statement truthful.

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    Just a Republican lying. No big deal. Happens all the time.


    Exhibit AS.
     
  10. scarlet witch

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    I think it's highly suspect that Sessions would do a virtual backflip on his position on Russia in the same year he met with the Russians...the plot thickens.

    Jeff Sessions was a leading Russia hawk. Then he signed on with Donald Trump.
    http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/2/14790818/jeff-sessions-russia-attorney-general-lie-congress-perjury-recusal
     
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    They don't care. It's like a shark feeding frenzy, keep away from their mouths, they will be eating their own soon.

    Cheers
     
  12. Ninian

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    I do not see in first link any evidence of involvement of government of Russian Federation.

    No any mention of RF involvement in the second link.

    "Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., spoke twice last year with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said" does not serves as evidence of Sessions having any contact with government of Russian Federation.
    "Last month, The Washington Post reported that Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn had discussed U.S. sanctions with Kislyak during the month before Trump took office, contrary to public assertions by Mike Pence, the vice president-elect, and other top Trump officials. Flynn was forced to resign the following week." - so, a man was harassed in resigning office for speaking to ambassador of the Russian Federation? What is the excuse fore that? Now RF citizenship is some sort of plague, that must be isolated? Or, maybe, we have the synthetic hatred towards a specific nationality, used by a certain political party for pushing their agenda above the law and common sence?
    ' "Donald Trump is right. We need to figure out a way to end this cycle of hostility that's putting this country at risk, costing us billions of dollars in defense, and creating hostilities," Sessions told CNN. ' - indeed, serves as absolete proof that this man is incompetent and wicked fascist that must be isolated from work in the country's administration as soon as possible..!

    Fourth link examined, again - no even bleak evidence of any contact between Sessions and government of Russian Federation.


    Your evidences are absent, your accusations stand. I expect explanations for that.
     
  13. mdrobster

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    In your own post, you don't care about Sen Sessions lying to Congress, only him going after people not part of your ideology. That is the definition of disloyal.
     
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    How is Fanken asking Session whether he knows of any evidence of anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government, which is an ongoing investigation, a "loaded" question?

    It's just amazing the degree you Republicans will go to to defend lies and a liar so long as he has a (R) by his name.
     
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    Coming from the person who can't even be honest enough to quote an entire sentence that's a laugh.

    You did and I just proved it.

    Show me in your response where you included Session's entire response and Frankin's entire question.

    Put up or shut up Iriemon You can't because you never did.
     
  16. Iriemon

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    So tell us what is not being quoted "in context" and how that would make Sessions' statement truthful.

    No other conservative has addressed that question. Maybe you can.
     
  17. Ninian

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    Politician changed his opinion for sake of career. Bleh, as if that is something new. Are not you electing the witfull guys for that exact reason - that they can do dishonest, but smart things for their sake and sake of their country?
     
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    Do you realize you've spent your entire day arguing with the internet?
     
  19. Iriemon

    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So tell us what you think is "out of context" with my posts and why, and how in your view the "context" makes Sessions statement accurate..

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    You're right. I couldn't understand your post. Frankly, you're not the most articulate person.

    The fact you cannot explain your question demonstrates you have no basis for your blather. What a surprise.
     
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    It's been exposed countless times in this thread and yet you keep denying it
     
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    Game, set and match!!!!!
    I guess Sen/Att Gen Sessions is part of fake news too. :) I am sure RWers will still be in denial mode forever, but facts never disrupt their special little make believe world.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/...ussia-trump-investigation-democrats.html?_r=0
    Congressional Republicans began breaking ranks to join Democrats in demanding that Mr. Sessions recuse himself from overseeing an investigation into contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Those calls came after the disclosure that Mr. Sessions himself spoke with the Russian ambassador last year, in seeming contradiction to his testimony at his confirmation hearing.

    The partisan furor that broke out with the Justice Department’s acknowledgment of the contacts late Wednesday began to take on a bipartisan sheen as the controversy spilled into Thursday morning.
     
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    I'm sorry, my question was "Why would you think I was talking about Andrew Breitbart?"
     
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    Because of the assumptive and leading way in which the Franken question is framed. That wasn't perfectly obvious to you? I guess when you look at everything through a partisan lens....

    Read ALL of Franken's question again. Particularly where Al lets Sessions in on a little bit of secret information letting him know many Trump operatives have been in contact with the Russian government. Bull(*)(*)(*)(*)!
    If Franken and the dems knew that they wouldn't be fishing around on this fake "scandal"....they would have had articles of impeachment drawn up a month ago at least! Grow up!

    Ironic considering the meritorious propaganda service you've given to Obama and in particular, more recently, Hillary the Wall St. Witch!
     
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    But it also raises a set of broader and more explosive questions: What changed for Jeff Sessions when he entered Trump’s orbit that turned him from a Russia hawk into someone eager to do business with the Kremlin? And what does all this coziness between Trump administration surrogates and Moscow mean for US policy, the election, and the country?

    Must be about lifting those sanctions and all of them lining their pockets. They are turncoats and selling out to Russia. And besides Trump's self-serving agenda, I totally believe that Putin has enough blackmail fodder on Trump to bury him into oblivion.
     
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    And why would that be necessary,.... for Sessions to change his position on Russia for Trump? It was an election year and Trump didn't campaign on Russia, actually he didn't have real policies but generally it was about blue collar jobs and immigrants....so why?

    It only adds more suspicion and more questions.



     

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