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http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/politics/jeff-sessions-russian-officials-meetings/index.html?adkey=bnAttorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with Russian officials when he applied for his security clearance, the Justice Department told CNN Wednesday.
Sessions, who met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at least two times last year, didn't note those interactions on the form, which requires him to list "any contact" he or his family had with a "foreign government" or its "representatives" over the past seven years, officials said.
The new information from the Justice Department is the latest example of Sessions failing to disclose contacts he had with Russian officials. He has come under withering criticism from Democrats following revelations that he did not disclose the same contacts with Kislyak during his Senate confirmation hearings earlier this year.
Sessions initially listed a year's worth of meetings with foreign officials on the security clearance form, according to Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores. But she says he and his staff were then told by an FBI employee who assisted in filling out the form, known as the SF-86, that he didn't need to list dozens of meetings with foreign ambassadors that happened in his capacity as a senator.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Traitorous piece of shit
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)Always some good twists and turns. It's a great binge watch.
Docreed2003
(16,875 posts)It's easy to forget about contacts with Russian diplomats/spies! It's not like they had anything to do with the election, just ask Trey Gowdy!
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Honey, the cookie jar is hanging off your freakin' HAND; don't lie to me.
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)That crooked creep needs to be held accountable.
Thanks for link!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)It's news carpet bombing. Whenever I turn on CNN the chyron *always* says "breaking news."
malaise
(269,157 posts)during his hearing. They're all in this coup together
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)Pretty sure government bureaucrats have to pass that class.....
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)investigation then he is not as smart as he should be.
KelleyKramer
(8,982 posts)Why isn't Sessions being indicted?
WoonTars
(694 posts)...
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Oh, let's try the obvious one: All of them know that collaboration with Russian spies is wrong. If ANY of them start out with the assumption that contacts with Russian agents is legal and legitmate, and treat those contacts as "business as usual", then the questions would start up. There's so much that's being denied and hidden, that once the damn breaks, it's all pouring out at a rate, and the MSM is overwhelmed.
What is also a reason that denial, minimizing, and obfuscation is a global "policy" within the GOP is that the leadership structure has received dirty Russian money. We are now finding that McConnell and Ryan were on the take.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)FELONY.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)They should be no big deal in Sessions' book.