Trump/Sessions lunch today is wildly inappropriate and possibly illegal.

[ehrnst]

Both men are FBI targets.


They now *must* have outside witnesses present at the lunch, as any discussion of the Russia probe could constitute Witness Tampering.

Link to tweet

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1. remember when their heads exploded when *bill* clinton had a chance meeting with loretta lynch?

yeah, i know. but that involved democrats....

[Fred Sanders]

6. The hypocrisy of the deplorables and their media is always stunning.

[PJMcK]

9. President Clinton was foolish

His tarmac visit with Attorney General Lynch was ill-informed and he should have known better. It created noise where none was needed. Further, it opened the door to the statement by FBI Director James Comey, in lieu of General Lynch.

Mr. Clinton's impetuousness caused avoidable problems for his wife's campaign.

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11. i'm not saying this was a genius move on bill clinton's part.

all i'm saying is that if republicans went ape over hillary's husband meeting with the attorney general, then surely they would have to have a problem with donnie himself meeting with the attorney general.

but no, of course they won't....

[kentuck]

2. Wow!

I hadn't thought of that but it would make sense. The Atty-General cannot discuss legal strategy with the President if either of them believe he is an FBI targets.

[louis-t]

3. Hmm, are they colluding or conspiring?

[Wwcd]

26. + 1000

[Danascot]

34. Why not both?

[Doreen]

4. Oh, come on, they are going to be talking about adoption.

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7. ftw!

[L. Coyote]

5. "At today's co-conspirator luncheon ...."

Nothing but Nothing Burgers



Damn, I'm not getting much work done this morning.

[brooklynite]

8. I don't see any collusion between them...

Trump keeps tweeting that someone should go after Hillary Clinton, and Sessions never does...

[snooper2]

10. Um, no- I take it whoever this Seth dude is he isn't a lawyer

[Turn CO Blue]

12. He's a lawyer, journalist and English professor. JD from Harvard Law School in 2001 n/t

[snooper2]

13. Well, he isn't doing very well in two of the three subjects he studied

LOL

[onenote]

14. He went to law school, but I don't know if he ever practiced law

In any event, there is nothing illegal about Trump and Sessions having lunch. While witness tampering is illegal, just having lunch isn't witness tampering, so to say "it could be illegal" assumes many facts not in evidence.

[dpd3672]

15. Yes

And until either of them are charged, there's really not much of a foundation to build a case on.

WJC/Lynch had no legitimate reason for meeting, and in the context of what was going on, it was somewhere between "terribly stupid" and "outright illegal," depending on whose opinion you believe. The optics were horrible, regardless of your opinion on the topics discussed.

Trump and Sessions, as acting President and AG, have any number of legitimate reasons to meet...many of them neccessary to the performance of their jobs.

Not saying at some point this won't be an issue, but as of now, it's really premature.

[ehrnst]

18. I'll take Abramson's word for it.

He's been on the money about this thus far.

With the exception of saying that this phase of the investigation would start in November.

[lunatica]

21. According to the rules in place

Attorney Generals and the Presidents should never meet, or if they have to it should be very restricted. That means there should be other people there so there is no "collusion". The reason is the the President doesn't get to tell the Attorney General what to do.

[Hekate]

32. The Repubs were certainly determined to see it in the worst possible light, weren't they?

And though a lot of us rolled our eyes at the optics of the tarmac meeting, we also know the Big Dog is friendly and hates to pass up an opportunity to schmooze with friends.

Personally, not being a Republican, I believed what he said at the time. Seriously, what sort of illegal collusion is going to be carried out like that? Unless the colluders are, you know, one of the Trumps.

[ehrnst]

19. "Seth Dude?"

[TNLib]

16. I wonder if they consulted with their lawyers first

nt

[Achilleaze]

17. "wildly inappropriate" is a republican "family value"

they don't do honesty

[DFW]

20. Trump will just say that there WERE witnesses, namely the waiters.

Trump will produce a waiter as a witness:

Did you hear anything about Russia?
"No sir."
Did you hear anything about the Mueller Probe?
"No sir."
Did you hear any conversation at all between Mr. Trump and Mr. Sessions?
"No sir."
What is your name, for the record?
"No sir."
Do you have the faintest idea what I'm asking you?
"No sir."
What is your native language anyway?
"No sir."

[Hornedfrog1985]

22. Hes not meeting trump

As attourney general today. Hes meeting him as a friend so it doesnt count. I have a feeling these people could be wire tapped anyway.

[ancianita]

25. Maybe each was wired and neither knew. Or does the secret service do security patdowns... hm...

They were probably meeting to get their narratives straight.

We'll never know what was discussed, anyway.

[Hekate]

33. It does count, believe me

[Honeycombe8]

23. I don't understand. They work together. ???? nt

[wiggs]

24. Reminder: a clever blogger, who has had ups and downs, named Sessions as either

a suspect or witness in the whole Trump/Russia affair BACK IN FEBRUARY. Lots of pathways to Russia, including that his Chief of Staff is directly connected to Alfa Bank as lobbyist. Unbelievable.

If true, Seth is right. Crazy risky for Trump and Sessions.

(This blogger was also on top of trump tower servers, wikileaks hacks, cambridge analytica, money laundering banks, etc...WAY back in January and February). Lots of interesting old posts.

[The_jackalope]

29. +1 Clever indeed! nt

[Iliyah]

27. Didn't you know t-rump and crew are above the law

[underpants]

28. Will it be like Chuck E. Cheese and they'll have to get their hands stamped?

[Iggo]

30. Probably just wanted him to pledge his undying loyalty.

What's wrong with that?

[malaise]

31. I think it's great

Please proceed assholes