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Isn’t one of the first responsiblities of the Attorney General of the United States to “tell the truth” and then “uphold and follow the Law”? It seems like A.G. Jeff Sessions has failed both those tests on multiple occasions …
WHAT exactly is Jeffrey “trying to forget”?
First on CNN: Sources: Congress investigating another possible Sessions-Kislyak meeting
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Asked at a news conference on March 2 whether there were any other meetings with Russians besides those two, Sessions told reporters, "I don't believe so -- you know, we meet a lot of people -- I don't believe so."
Later that week, when Sessions updated his sworn testimony to the Senate judiciary committee, he acknowledged the two meetings with Kislyak but did not mention any encounter at the Mayflower Hotel.
"I do not recall any discussions with the Russian ambassador, or any other representative of the Russian government, regarding the political campaign on these occasions or any other occasion," Sessions wrote.
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Russia was already trying to help Trump before the Mayflower Hotel speech, according to a US intelligence community assessment released in January. The report concluded that by March 2016, Kremlin-backed news outlets began supporting Trump and Russian military intelligence had kicked off its election-related cyber operations.
The much touted Trump “Foreign Policy” speech occurred at Mayflower Hotel, just hours after the reported Kislyak-Sessions meetings took place in the same hotel, (per WaPo Timeline):
April 27 [2016]
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) may have met with Kislyak at a reception at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington before a foreign-policy speech given by Trump (CNN, May 31, 2017).
If an early lifting of Sanctions against Russia were discussed at that pre-meeting, it would seem so, with the ‘hot focus’ Donald Trump put on his intention for “normalizing relations” -- in that far-reaching Mayflower Speech; specifically with these retroactive-reversal statements to move the U.S. towards a pro-Russia foreign policy, once elected (per NYTimes coverage of the event):
[Trump: ] We desire to live peacefully and in friendship with Russia and China. We have serious differences with these two nations, and must regard them with open eyes, but we are not bound to be adversaries. We should seek common ground based on shared interests.[...]
Some say the Russians won’t be reasonable. I intend to find out. If we can’t make a deal under my administration, a deal that’s great — not good, great — for America, but also good for Russia, then we will quickly walk from the table. It’s as simple as that. We’re going to find out.
And the Putin response to the Mayflower speech, according CNN post-event reporting on 4/26/2016:
What Russia said in the past: "He is a bright and talented person without any doubt," President
Vladimir Putin said of Trump in December, "
an outstanding and talented personality." And in remarks closely mirroring Trump's assessment of the campaign, the Russian leader called Trump "
the absolute leader of the presidential race."
And as we recently found out, as a Day-One priority, Donald J Trump set about on accomplishing this top goal of his (and his pal Putin) — to unilaterally lift the Sanctions against Russia. All the while asking for nothing in return from Russia, for its Ukraine interference and take-over of Crimea. Luckily for us, wiser minds in the State Dept prevailed — and shut-down those Trump-Russia Mayflower reset goals.
No doubt the Trump ‘Spite-Club’ still have those reset goals simmering on the back burner — if they can only get everyone to just STOP chasing down those “Russian coordination” leads.
Should make us wonder, just what was the Quid given by Sergey, in return for the pro-Quo proffer by Sessions (to Kislyak), assuming that such a meeting took place back in April 2016. As the current investigations are actively attempting to document.
Too bad Jeff Sessions (and company) have such “faulty memories” on the subject of Russian Meetings (and about lying on their Security Clearance forms, regarding said meetings) … Faulty to the point of felonious.
Sessions needs to RESIGN, or at minimum be called back to testify before Congress, to once again try to explain-away his evasive Trump-campaign actions, and subsequent coverup-type statements.
Maybe then, he “might recall” … everything he is so busily trying to forget. Under penalty of Law.