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WASHINGTON Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsels office as part of the investigation into Russias meddling in the election and whether the president obstructed justice since taking office, according to a Justice Department spokeswoman.
The meeting marked the first time that investigators for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, are known to have interviewed a member of Mr. Trumps cabinet.
The spokeswoman, Sarah Isgur Flores, confirmed that the interview occurred in response to questions from The New York Times.
Mr. Sessions announced in March that he had recused himself from all matters related to the 2016 election, including the Russia inquiry. The disclosure came after it was revealed that Mr. Sessions had not told Congress that he met twice with the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time, Sergey I. Kislyak, during the campaign. Mr. Sessions was an early supporter of Mr. Trumps presidential run.
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MelissaB
(16,420 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)Pretty soon, he will be in the kitchen at the White House.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,753 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,764 posts)nothing ever happens.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,572 posts)I hold out the not-unreasonable hope that RM is going to drop a very large hammer all at once, not tipping his hand early.
padah513
(2,508 posts)One lie is all it takes to do time and personally I hope he lies his head off.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,625 posts)That guy cracks me up. Was trying to figure out the object the canon is aimed at. Maybe a piece of ice?
QED
(2,749 posts)Very cool stuff!
BumRushDaShow
(129,625 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)for those of us in an office that blocks Twitter...
BumRushDaShow
(129,625 posts)Benjamin Wittes
✔
@benjaminwittes
Boom!!
Sessions Is Interviewed in Muellers Russia Investigation https://nyti.ms/2F7aTsR
9:52 AM - Jan 23, 2018 · Washington, DC
The graphic is the guy's short video clip of a tiny toy canon being lit and then firing something at a nearby small object, blowing up the object, and sending the little canon flying backwards.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)Can you imagine what it will be when Trump is interviewed?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)thbobby
(1,474 posts)A lot to be happy about with Keebler fellow being questioned by Mueller. His aw shucks you make me nervous act is useless against Mueller's professional team. Wonder if he was stupid enough to lie? Lots to wonder about, but anyway I think about it this is bad for Sessions. Sessions lied on disclosure forms, lied to Senate. trump, you criminal idiot, you will soon feel the noose of justice tightening around your bloated neck.
forgotten about his lying on the disclosure forms - how is he still allowed to do that job? Because all the repubs are guilty too?
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Where he had threatened to quit because of pressure from Trump and Sessions to fire McCade?
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,808 posts)For Jeff Sessions to lie as he did before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Any lies to Mueller, will result in an indictment. Jeff Sessions is not off the hook here.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)Last night on MSNBC, it was reported that the sentencing conference for George Papadopolous that was supposed to happen yesterday was postponed for at least a few months. Nick Ackerman was asked to comment and he said what generally happens is these sentencing meetings happen after all the cooperation the defendant agreed to is finished. That suggested that Papadopolous is still cooperating and has additional usefulness to Mueller.
IIRC, Papadopolous was in meetings with Sessions involving contacts with Russia. Sessions has claimed publically that he shot down the suggestions of meetings, but Papadopolous could contradict that. Now that Sessions has been interviewed what he said can be compared with Papadopolous' account Maybe that's why the sentencing conference was postponed.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,808 posts)Ole Jefferson's undies must be in a bunch about now now that the news is out. Trump will be fuming I reckon.
Botany
(70,594 posts)... or still have strong connections to Russia even prior to the election. It is almost like Putin ...
picked these people to be in a White House that he wanted to control.
* and don't forget the NRA, RNC, wikileaks, Nunues, Ryan, McConnell and Dana Rohrabacher's
Russia connections. Those unceasing and unneeded hearings into HRC used data that the
Russians stole by computer hacking.
bdamomma
(63,930 posts)Mr. Mueller is following the money.
bluestarone
(17,062 posts)to tRump with all the questions he was asked???????
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)Nothing to see here.
bdamomma
(63,930 posts)Mr Mueller he is very thorough and determined, he is throwing out his net and pulling in some big catch. And he's not finished yet.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Can you imagine the Trump administration keeping a lid on something like that over a weekend? Me neither. Mueller calls in the Attorney General for a little chat, and we don't know about it for several days.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)...... There is absolutely no doubt Trump's motive in firing Comey was to eliminate the person investigating #TrumpRussia and to obstruct the FBI investigation. That is criminal action.
The action was taken be three persons, Trump, Sessions and Rosenstein, and therefore conspiracy statutes prevail: ...........
triron
(22,025 posts)OnDoutside
(19,975 posts)who got appointed.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)BSdetect
(8,999 posts)OnDoutside
(19,975 posts)Sessions before speaking with Sessions, so if he tries any of the "I don't recall" crap, they'll have him.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)I also wonder, since Mueller has been pretty tight-lipped about the investigation, if he gave someone permission to "leak" the information about Sessions being interviewed.
SeaDem55
(13 posts)triron
(22,025 posts)this has anything to do with Sessions not being invited to Camp David?
bucolic_frolic
(43,344 posts)I listen, I listen closely, I wonder out loud, "What did he say?"
triron
(22,025 posts)"CONCLUSION/ This may just be the first of several Mueller-Sessions meetings, so it doesn't mean the probe is almost over, nor that Sessions won't flip on Trumphe may well do so. In any case, it's a *major* development in the Trump-Russia probe and very, very bad news for Trump."
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FakeNoose
(32,791 posts)Professor Abramson is so good at explaining the important legal details to us kinfolk.
I really appreciate all the trouble he goes to making this understandable. I've collected all 50 tweets into one PDF document here, so you can download and read it at your leisure.
link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/sz9m6sfgvqw6ija/Seth%20Abramson%20on%20Sessions%201-23-18.pdf
Thanks Professor Abramson for your patience and thoroughness.