BREAKING: Sessions spoke w Russian Ambassador, lied to Congress

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Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., spoke twice last year with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Donald Trump's campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions's confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator's office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential race.

The previously undisclosed discussions could fuel new congressional calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russia's alleged role in the 2016 presidential election. As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI, which have been leading investigations into Russian meddling and any links to Trump's associates. He has so far resisted calls to recuse himself.

When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, the senator was a senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee as well as one of Trump's top foreign policy advisers. Sessions played a prominent role supporting Trump on the stump after formally joining the campaign in February 2016.

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The Washington Post contacted all 26 members of the 2016 Senate Armed Services Committee to see if any lawmakers besides Sessions met with Kislyak in 2016. Of the 19 lawmakers who responded, every senator, including chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., said they did not meet with the Russian ambassador last year. The other lawmakers on the panel did not respond as of Wednesday evening.

"Members of the committee have not been beating a path to Kislyak's door," a senior Senate Armed Services Committee staffer said, citing tensions in relations with Moscow. Besides Sessions, the staffer added, "There haven't been a ton of members who are looking to meet with Kislyak for their committee duties."

Last month, The Washington Post reported that Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn had discussed U.S. sanctions with Kislyak during the month before Trump took office, contrary to public assertions by Mike Pence, the vice president-elect, and other top Trump officials. Flynn was forced to resign the following week.

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[Computer 10,980]

Sessions cancelled.

When will any of Trump's appointments not be a disaster

 

[JohnWayne23 5,227]

 

 

[Maleficent 6]

just when we all thought things were starting to go a little better, reality whacks us in the face like a limp d*ck. 

[Morphine Prince 109,998]

Oh my God please let him be over after this. 

[Yuuri 21,636]

Him and his whole team should be impeached and Hillary should become our president.

"No ties with Russia" my aß.

[Lion Heart 15,041]

As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI

[DeleteMyAccount 11,881]

So everyone on Trump's team was basically holding hands with Russia...

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

What I don't get is how people like him can get away with LYING in a hearing like this when if any ordinary citizen were to do something even close to that they'd be in prison yesterday for perjury or whatever 

[Edonis 28,974]

This is like, the 50th (exaggeration) piece of evidence that some bull was going on during Trump's campaign. And yet here we are, with him and his administration still in power 

[Morphine Prince 109,998]

His spokesperson is already saying he did not mislead Congress.

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[MJHolland 12,725]

Jesus Christ...

It was so easy to say no. He wasn't intact a formal part of the campaign anyways, but he has to go incriminate himself by lying 

If this is true there is going to be major outcry. 

[Princess Die 1,864]

Uh-oh. Give my regards to the trailer park you dusty ****.