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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Al Franken: Theres' a dark cloud over the Trump administration and there are a lot of questions
Al Frankens statement via his Facebook page.
U.S. Senator Al Franken
Many Americans are rightly concerned by the Trump teams close ties with the Russian government and the role that Russia played in interfering with our presidential election.
When then-Senator Jeff Sessions testified under oath during his confirmation hearing to become attorney general, he explicitly told me that he had not been in contact with Russian officials in the course of the presidential campaign. But according to a report from the Washington Post, he actually met with the Russian Ambassador during that time period. If that's true, then I am very troubled that his response to my questioning during his confirmation hearing was, at best, misleading.
In light of these revelations, I'm going to be directly pressing Attorney General Sessions to answer some tough questions about his contact with Russia and his testimony before the Judiciary Committee.
The American people deserve to know the truth about what happened between Russia and the Trump team, and I believe we need thorough and impartial investigations to get to the bottom of it. It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general cannot, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump-Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately.
https://www.facebook.com/senatoralfranken/posts/1279705198782026
Below is the video of Senator Al Franken (D-MN) asking Jeff Sessions if he has had communications with Russia. Sessions:
I did not have communications with the Russians.
Franken: CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week, that included information that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump. These documents also allegedly say there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government. Again, Im telling you this as its coming out, so you know. But if its true, its 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?
Sessions: Senator Franken, Im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians, and Im unable to comment on it.
http://heavy.com/news/2017/03/jeff-sessions-russians-video-under-oath-lied-lie-congress-al-franken-leahy-watch-didnt-communicate-with-ambassador-sergey-kislyak/
Sessions: Senator Franken, Im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians, and Im unable to comment on it.
http://heavy.com/news/2017/03/jeff-sessions-russians-video-under-oath-lied-lie-congress-al-franken-leahy-watch-didnt-communicate-with-ambassador-sergey-kislyak/
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Sen. Al Franken: Theres' a dark cloud over the Trump administration and there are a lot of questions (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2017
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(49,395 posts)2. Today Franken asked Morning Joe "How can Jeff Sessions say he doesn't
remember meeting the Russian ambassador, but does remember what they didn't talk about?"
Brief interview but some important points put forward.