Originally Posted by
t.nie
If anyone was looking for proof that the Trump campaign was colluding with Russia, I think we got a really good look at where things really stood today.
When Sessions was asked during his hearing how he would deal with "people that may have had contact with Russia" during the election, he immediately jumped to his OWN defense with that false statement that "he had been called a surrogate but had no contact with the Russians."
That wasn't the question. No one was asking HIM if HE had any contact, he was asked how he would deal with the situation if it came up concerning people in our government in general, should he be confirmed as Attorney General.
So why did he feel the need to try to head off any direct accusations about his own contact with the Russian ambassador while campaigning for Trump? What was he trying to hide?
In light of the cold hard facts that this was a blatant lie to Congress, and today he did as much as admit that by recusing himself (which given the lie he told to the Senators in his confirmation hearing would seem like he is trying to do something to appease people without resigning completely and throwing more egg on Trump and his administration's face...), it appears he is admitting he is guilty of something.
What exactly, we don't know. And as has been pointed out, if you can't remember what you talked about in this highly unusual meeting, then you sure as heck cannot say you didn't discuss the election with him, now can you?
It seems really odd that he claims he talked to the Russian ambassador because he is a US Senator and he is on the Armed Forces Committee, but 26 other members of that committee were contacted and asked if they ever met with the Russian Ambassador in the course of their work and 20 of the 26, including John McCain, the Chair of the Committee, said No, they had never talked to the guy.
We are barely over a month into this administration's reign and the corruption and lies and misrepresentations are spinning wildly out of control. And just think, we have close to 4 more years of this side show.
I agree with CIRF though, it really makes for great theater and the comedy is just nonstop. :)