On Wednesday evening, the Washington Post published a bombshell report in which DOJ insiders confirmed that Jeff Sessions, our current Attorney General, had lied to the Senate about two meetings he had with the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. During his confirmation hearing in January, Sessions was asked directly if he had any meetings or conversations with any Russian officials or operatives during the campaign (Sessions was an advisor to Trump). Sessions said no, he had not. He also denied meeting with any Russian officials on a written questionnaire from the Senate. Which means the nation’s lawyer perjured himself, which is a crime.
This story was the BIG headline throughout the day on Thursday, and Ol’ Huckleberry Sessions decided to mosey on into the DOJ press room at 4 pm to answer some of those press fellas’ questions. I sincerely believe that Sessions thought he would talk for a few minutes and smooth over the controversy with his patented “aw shucks” routine and it would be a non-story by the six o’clock news. That did not happen, because Jeff Sessions is not only a very odd bird (with Russian ties), he also is a terrible liar and he created about a million more questions with his little press conference. He did recuse himself from prosecuting/investigating the Trump campaign’s Russian connections, but that literally seems like the least of his problems at this point. Here’s the video:
My first reaction was… whoa, that’s a sh-tload of parsed language. Like, right from the start. Take this: “Let me be clear: I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign.” Like, he had to specify “about the Trump campaign.” Which makes me wonder how many meetings he had with “Russian operatives” which weren’t campaign-related. Here are some additional quotes:
His perjured answer to Sen. Franken’s question: “My reply to the question of Senator Franken was honest and correct as I understood it at the time. I appreciate that some have taken the view that this was a false comment. That is not my intent. That is not correct. I will write the Judiciary Committee soon, today or tomorrow, to explain this testimony for the record.
He’s only recusing himself for the investigation into the campaign: “My staff recommended recusal. They said that since I had involvement with the campaign, I should not be involved in any campaign investigation. I have studied the rules and considered their comments and evaluation. I believe those recommendations are right and just. Therefore, I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the Trump campaign.”
What he discussed with the Russian ambassador on Sept. 8th (after Sessions previously claimed to not even remember what was discussed): “Well, it was just normal things, such as I started off by saying — I don’t remember a lot of it, but I do remember saying I’d gone to Russia with a church group in 1991, and he said he was not a believer himself but he was glad to have church people come there. Indeed, I thought he was pretty much of an old-style Soviet type ambassador. And so, we talked about a little bit about terrorism as I recall. And somehow the subject of the Ukraine came up. I had had the Ukraine ambassador in my office the day before. And to listen to him, nothing that Russia — Russia had done nothing that was wrong in any area, and everybody else was wrong with regard to the Ukraine. It got to be a little bit of a testy conversation at that point. It wrapped up, he said something about inviting me to have lunch. I did not accept that, and that never occurred…most of these ambassadors are pretty gossipy and they like to — this was in campaign season, but I don’t recall any specific political discussions.”
Um, so who wants to know more about the “gossip” from that meeting? And what was said when “the subject of the Ukraine came up”? And why did the Russian ambassador specifically seek out a meeting with Ol’ Huckleberry? And is “false comment” the same thing as saying “Oh, sh-t, I totally perjured myself”?? Here’s another twist: when Sessions met with the Russian ambassador in July, Sessions’ travel expenses were picked up by the Trump campaign! So, financially, he was there on campaign business.
Two more things. One, Jared Kushner and Mike Flynn met with the same Russian ambassador in Trump Tower this past December. That information is coming from the White House, possibly part of the White House’s effort to get ahead of a story. Two, Carter Page and JD Gordon – two Trump campaign officials – met with the ambassador during a “diplomacy conference connected to the Republican National Convention in July.” USA Today reports that “at least two more members” the Trump campaign met with Kislyak, plus “several more Trump national security advisers were in attendance.”
Photos courtesy of Getty.
He should be locked up but of course he won’t be because he is a republican..
But on the bright side, he is down and next is Pence. Karma is such a wonderful thing….
^^ This. Karma is a b@tch! Let’s continue to resist. Who is next on the list? ⚔️
“Who is next on the list?”, Jered Kushner, son-in-law. Lock them all up, they are all a bunch of crooks. CB fans, or most of us, could smell the con man and his deplorables from here.b. Bring on the special prosecutor.
Ah yes Pence. Now we’ll have the Democrats, who defended Clinton for using her private server, saying that Pence should be locked up and we’ll have Republicans, who were saying that Clinton should be locked up, saying that what Pence did was no big deal. I’m over it.
I am British and have no dog in this fight but I hate hypocrites and the republicans invented the word.
I hate hypocrites too.
I don’t want to speak for Maya but if she’s like me, I always thought the email server issue was blown WAY out of proportion. I wouldn’t really care about the same thing being done by Pence, but for the hypocritical nature of it.
The GOP basically sunk her presidential campaign on the f*cking unsecured email server bullsh*t and we listened to the Right bleating about this nonstop for months on end, wasting taxpayers money on investigation after investigation.
THAT’S what makes me want to tear my hair out.
TBH, this is a mild scandal, when compared to the rest of the atrocities committed by this administration on a daily basis.
Exactly, Kitten. I don’t think Democrats will be calling for Pence to be locked up. I do think they will be calling him, the Trump campaign, and Trump voters hypocrites, though. Rightly so.
Yeah, I’m with you on this, Kitten. The hypocrisy is freaking mind-boggling, it’s so blatant.
And you know what gets me most? With all the treasonous acts apparently committed by Trump and his evil puppeteers already, I can’t help remembering EVERY SINGLE DAY what a HELL Trump created for Obama throughout his entire presidency, calling him a birth-certificate forger, a liar, a non-citizen, and an illegitimate president.
And Trump says this Russia stuff is just the Dems trying to cause trouble. Uh huh.
The server was the least of it, Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi, and the never ending birther nonsense, Republicans have a lot to answer for. They tried for 8 years to sabotage Obama, and he was clean, and they undermined Hilary but I doubt Scrotus will be able to skate through his self created swamp unscathed.
Sessions is not down. He recused himself from a single investigation. He is still in an extraordinary position of power and he intends to use it to implement his ultra nationalist agenda.
The Russia ties are being investigated by the House and Senate Intelligence Committes, the chairs of which, Nunes and Burr, have been compromised. Call your Representative and Senators and demand a bi-partisan independent commission to investigate this situation. We need to keep the pressure on for a transparent and public inquiry.
Exactly, Megan. This is a wholly premature celebration. We dont even know what he means when he says he is recusing himself. The devil is in the details.
Agreed. Recusing himself is a good first step, but that’s all it is. A good first step.
I didn’t think it was possible to find anyone more repulsive than Trump but Sessions comes pretty close. As with Easy D, I can barely look at photos of him.
There’s nothing to celebrate, honestly.
The one silver lining: even though the Dems are a minority in the House and Senate, they managed to beat the drum for long enough to force Flynn’s resignation and get Sessions to recuse himself. It’s a small victory but it’s not nothing, knowing what the Dems are up against.
Trent Gowdy is falling all over himself to defend Sessions so as not to have an investigation. I’ve heard elementary school children have better semantic arguments for telling a lie.
I agree. The most important thing isn’t his recusal from this one matter, it is the big picture. He needs to resign, he lied to congress under oath.
There are so many details that are all circling the same drain. I don’t know what the end result will look like, but the Russian infection seems to have permeated far and wide in our government. Each revelation is a piece of the puzzle.
I don’t have faith in congress, but right now I have faith in the kick ass investigative journalism coming from the Washington Post and the New York Times. So far, it when information becomes public it has lead to changes that the minority party wouldn’t otherwise have the power to enact (like Flynn’s ouster).
Another one bites the dust. Just like Rupaul posted a few weeks ago about Flynn’s resignation; the Trump trainwreck is right on time.
How can supporters of the 45th excuse them now? I want to feel relaxed about this administration, but the obvious concerns are popping up like geysers. Help me to understand how any of this is excusable?
Has this recusal been defined? Because its only meaningful if it means his entire office is recused. Everything even remotely connected to the elections and/or Russia has to go to a special prosecutor not his subbordinate.
Not enough he needs to go. And if you cannot understand a simple question I don’t trust you to run the justice dept. not that I trusted a racist POS to begin with…
RESIGN! Citizens can email/call your representatives / U S D O J and demand resignation!
So this is the second person who lied about talking to Russia. If it’s NBD to talk to them, then why is everyone laying about it? I know there is so much more and I hope it’s all uncovered.
On the positive side, I love that all of this mess totally overshadowed Trumps PRESIDENTIAL(lol) speech.
Ditto! If Sessions was only speaking with the ambassador in his role as a senator, why didn’t he answer the question honestly in his confirmation hearing? There is nothing shady about any given senator speaking with any given ambassador. So why lie about it? I would love to ask him how many other nations’ ambassadors he spoke with during the campaign. Y’know, since it was all done in innocence.
When your new boss begged Russia to hack his political opponent and our intelligence agencies are concerned about Russia’s interference with the presidential race, withholding (supposedly) inconsequential information about meeting/speaking with Russian diplomats is not a good idea. Someone with Sessions’ experience in government should know that by now.
He refused himself so quickly! Dems need to continue to push for his resignation. If the campaign pays for it, it’s campaign related.
The freakin’ Attorney General perjured himself! My mind boggles. You know that if it had been a Democrat (be it on Obama’s staff or Clinton’s) the Republicans would be baying at the moon, they’d be so out for blood.
This never would have happened with Obama’s AG because he appointed people who obeyed the law.
Exactly.
@megan, DT appoints people who are his friends in order for them to cover for him. I’m hoping that all of them will be doing a perp walk sooner or later. I also get the feeling this will be another watergate. Watergate started out as a break in to an office and brought down president Nixon. Some of Nixon’s men ended up in prison.
As I recall either 25 or 27 people were charged in the Watergate scandal and 19 of them were convicted with most of them serving at least some jail time – including Nixon’s former Attorney General John Mitchell who served 19 months. Others were his two main assistants Bob Haldeman and John Erlichman, various Counselors to the President (lawyers) like Charles Colson, Jeb Magruder, and John Dean. Nixon, of course, was neither charged or convicted of anything due to the lovely ” full Pardon for any and everything” provided to him a month after he resigned by the never-elected President Gerald Ford. (Ironically, Trump was just on the new aircraft carried “Gerald Ford”….hmmm.)
Folks, there is definitely something going on about the Russians. Apparently our intelligence services were alerted by both Danish and British intelligence agencies to Trump campaign people having meetings with Russians in Europe. This was after the election but prior to inauguration. This is the stuff that Obama’s people wanted to preserve so Trump’s incoming people couldn’t bury it.
So if Jared met with Russia at the same time as Flynn, then Jared knew Flynn lied to Pence.
I wonder what Pence is thinking about all this.
Recuse is not enough, he needs to be fired. That press conference was a travesty. Like someone on twitter said, that Russian Ambassador must not be very good company since everyone forgets what they talk to him about (paraphrased).
I’m sick inside with this, and we know it’s only the beginning. Thank you to CB for keeping up with it all and to Obama and staff, for making sure the evidence did not go in the trash.
@Original Kay, I’d bet my last dollar Pence is not innocent, he knew everything. IMO he’s a weasel, a snake in the grass. Pence is no better than DT. He presents himself professionally but would not have accepted the VP from DT if he was not shady himself. Remember DT offered the vp to Kasic and he refused, his conscience did not allow him to.
I totally agree. They told Flynn to say he lied to Pence to save Pence’s butt. Pence totally knew. HE HAD TO HAVE. How could he not know? This was a sacrificial strategic play by the repubs.
There was a growing “Recall Pence” movement in Indiana before he was picked for VP by Trump. He’s always been a weasel. In his first campaign he used campaign donations to pay his mortgage, car payment and personal expenses knowing it was technically legal at the time,- but kind of slimy. He claimed “naiveté” as an excuse later. He’s backed so much horrid legislation and been so viciously anti-LGBT since I can’t even list it all. I still think the early money grubbing Pence tells you a lot about who he really is and it’s anything but “innocent.” I truly doubt he was”naive” regarding the Russians.
Hmmm…..interesting timing regarding Jeff Sessions. All the attention will be diverted to this, while there is a report on how VP Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct government business while he was Indiana governor.
Isn’t it though?
I read that and laughed with glee.
Great catch. Yes, the Pence news quietly slithers out while others are making greater noise.
Totally different! He’s a white male Republican, so it’s ok! /s
Exactly CR, they’re white,I mean…… classy
And that private email account was hacked.
Also, they are all using the RNC private servers instead of the White House server for sending emails. Which is illegal.
Using RNC servers!!?? I didn’t see that– but I believe it and it’s so disgusting.
W. used the RNC server as well. It’s not illegal unless you destroy the emails, which W. did.
@Megan, from what I’ve heard, yes, they are deleting, but there are also legal problems if they are putting classified information on those servers, which are not secure.
@Lightpurple the RNC servers are super secure. Apparently Russia was unable to hack them. 😉
@megan and Lightpurple. They just cc all their emails to pooty.
They did hack the RNC. They got into the older version of the RNC system, which kept old emails. They did not get into the new one.
The DNC hack was successful because of a typo from the IT department that it was ok to use a link in an email, instead of typing it was NOT ok to use a link contained in an email. Human error, not technological failure.
Lmao. Screw Pence and his 1999 throwback email account.
That said, who do we think is behind this latest drip of info? The intel guys who decided to protect the democracy and teach Trump a thing or two about respecting them? Or Trumps side who are now eager to undermine Pence now that impeachment within two years by Trumps own party looks almost definite? Because I promise you there is no way someone in the NSA didnt thoroughly suss Pence out after the nomination. This lil ditty has been sitting in someones drawer for four months, just waiting… Not that it matters in the end. Let them rip each other apart but as a spectator its nice to know who is doing what.
A hometown paper revealed the e-mail story. Supposedly he wasn’t greatly beloved in his home state (I don’t know, but that’s what people were saying).
One leak leads to another…and another. Happy times.
He was not beloved in his home state, especially in the northwest corner where I spend a lot of time hiking and kayaking. There were “Fire Pence” signs all over the place while he was still governor and they were beautiful to behold.
@Christin, he was despised in Indiana and was going to face primary challenges if he ran for re-election. By moving him, the GOP preserves that governor’s chair.
Yes the real crime here is that he was using AOL.
Oh I know it broke in an Indiana paper. I’m asking which side fed them the story? Am I the only one who watches House of Cards
Ramona, are you suggesting that Trump’s people planted the story about Pence’s emails, because they knew a lot of Dem’s would be appalled at the hypocrisy, in an attempt to distract from the Russia ties? I would totally believe that. It definitely didn’t work. Sessions is still front page news.
Don’t worry, nobody is going to let Pence slip this under the rug.
If his memory is so bad that he can’t remember a conversation with the russsian ambassador (presumably that in itself renders it a pretty important conversation), maybe he should reconsider his role in the give based on THAT! Unfit to fulfill his duties.
Yeah, I was just listening to an interview with a congressman from Delaware and he was saying the same thing, that it’s just complete BS that he wouldn’t recall those meetings, which are NOT as common as the GOP is trying to portray.
He committed perjury and should lose his license to practice law. Petition the Alabama bar to make that happen, everyone. And then he should resign because Trump isn’t going to fire him.
Tillerson needs to go as well. Way too close to Putin and rumors are flying that State is in total chaos.
So we’re all supposed to believe that prior to his confirmation hearings, he didn’t go through some sort of prep i.e. reviewing his schedule, etc, knowing that the Russian issue would be front-and-center and that the Dems would be questioning him on it?
There is no doubt in my mind that he knew he’d be asked about Russia and knowing that, he would want to be sure that he could answer honestly about not meeting with any Russian officials. He knew alright, he’s just arrogant enough to think he could get away with lying. He perjured himself and should resign immediately.
Yeah, the idea that he wasn’t fully prepped for one of the most obvious questions at his confirmation hearing is laughable.
You know when someone tells a shitty, offensive joke and then is forced to apologize when people get justifiably angry? So they trot the classic non-apology of “I’m sorry if YOU were offended”?
That’s what this is. This is Sessions’ big f**k you “apology”- Well, I guess I’ll recuse myself from this “investigation” if it will make YOU feel better.
No admission that he perjured himself, an action that by his own words would demand that he resign from his position, no admission that he did anything wrong-just a bone thrown to his critics. All framed as an action to placate all those noisy liberals ganging up on him.
But he knows it means nothing and that nothing will come of it.
Very good analogy. “Apologies” on the lines of “I’m sorry if you felt that…” are infuriating and add insult to injury.
All I want is for someone somewhere to bring him up on misconduct charges at the bar association to get his license to practice law revoked so he can’t be AG anymore and we don’t have to deal with his squirrely face.
Feel free. Anyone can file a complaint. In Alabama, the state Supreme Court reviews discipline. Here’s the information on how to file.
https://www.alabar.org/for-the-public/complaint-against-a-lawyer/
Drip, drip, drip.
Recusal is not enough. But I have a feeling he’ll be gone by the end of next week. Interesting how we’re slowly inching our way up the chain of commmand. Soon it will be the big boys under fire. I have a gut feeling we are going to watch this administration implode sooner rather than later. Whether it matters to the American people enough to get them all out remains to be seen.
What will it take for a re-election to happen? The Republican party are showing themselves to be corrupt to the core – surely the people won’t allow them to stay in charge.
Re-elections don’t happen. There is no mechanism in the Constitution.
@shamble I hope you are right, but Sessions was one of the architects of Trump’s “Make America White Again” agenda and the White House is going to fight like hell to keep him right where he is.
I’m choosing optimism at the moment. It’s not always that way, but right now I’m feeling it. I choose to believe that the disgusting Americans who support these disgusting people in power are simply the very loud minority. I hold on to the women’s marches and travel ban protests to support my reasoning, lol.
I think @Megan posted this link earlier this week. Thanks for that! Good read and she’s right, Sessions is such a huge part of the Trump agenda they will fight to keep him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/magazine/jeff-sessions-stephen-bannon-justice-department.html?_r=0
Well the thing about pols are they aren’t loyal. As soon as they smell trouble they will start backing away and disowning that person or issue. So no, they will not save him. He “fu–ed” himself per Colbert.
They will sacrifice anyone to try to distance Scrotus from this disaster. It won’t work, but we will see a revolving door at the White House when it comes to sacrificial staff.
I too think these leaks/reports are coming out in a very deliberate manner.
Slowly building a case w/ a total dismantling of the administration as the goal.
Get the denials on record and then some patriot leaks the facts.
I remember when deep throat was quoted as saying ” Don’t shoot to high to fast and miss!”
Me thinks there are a lot more damaging leaks out there. This is such good sport watching the rats scurry. When Issa said an independent investigation was called for I thought, ya he knows the skinny and there’s a lot more heads that’ll be rolling!
This reminds me of the gif of ( can’t remember who) kissing/licking their fists while making delighted groaning sounds
I feel like the FBI is setting a trap. Let the leaks drip out until someone panics and makes a mistake. I believe they use the same strategy for organized crime rings, which makes sense because that is what this administration actually is.
I was watching Lawrence O’Donnell last night and he was making a few valid points about how bad this press conference looks for Jefferson Sessions. I think the gist of his commentary other than saying what an incompetent fool Jefferson Beauregard Sessions really is, Jefferson is also basically making it easy for any future prosecutor to go after him and tear his already flimsy story apart. How do you remember something that happened back in 1991 but you cannot remember a meeting and conversation that you had with someone like 6 months ago?
OT: I actually lol at work when I read Huckleberry Sessions, that is cute. The content of the story is disgusting, that name is cute.
A lot of the talking head comments yesterday were commenting on how laughably terrible his comments were. I remember in detail talking about our church trip with that there feller….
Any competent attorney tells the client to say as little as possible. And this guy is the top of the chain for all LE in the country!
Huckleberry Sessions cracked me up too. Twitter was on fire yesterday with all the southern cliches, like he can’t remember stuff because he had the vapors, etc. Lol. If I didn’t laugh I would cry because he’s just so vile.
But Huckleberry Finn was good at heart. I prefer Boss Hogg sessions. Any other suggestions?
He has a likable face and he looks like Dobby the house elf. When he talks you want to be like “Aw he’s just a confused, sweet old man” but then you read about what he says and does and realize you CANNOT judge a book by it’s cover. The man is evil.
Slightly confused that he looks like Yoda you are. It’s the white hood that’s made his ears go horizontal.
It begs the question – who in the republican party HASN’T talked to the Russian ambassador or FSB operatives? If Jared is implicated then so must Ivanka – those 2 are joined that the hip.
Its becoming clear that the Russians not only interfered in the election result but they also OWN the entire administration, if not the whole Republican party.
Who’s next? Pence, Tillerson, Bannon, Ryan? Please let it be Ryan – i just want that perma smug look wiped off his face.
Definitely Tillerson. I firmly believe Putin has something on Mitch McConnell. He blocked Obama from doing anything about the hacks, while lying that Obama was doing nothing, and then personally benefited from the election results.
It won’t be Tillerson. Putin needs his $500 billion oil deal with Exxon Mobile to be approved by State. It’s obvious that is why Tillerson got the job.
I said “definitely Tillerson” in response to the question as to who was involved with Russia so I don’t know why you are contradicting me and then just expanding on what I said.
@Lightpurple, I thought you were saying who will be taken down next. But Tillerson won’t be next in Russiagate because he openly discussed his vast personal and financial ties to Russia during his confirmation hearings. Amazingly, every Republican, two Democrats and an independent didn’t think that was a problem and voted to confirm him.
I absolutely believe McConnell is worried about leaked info- either from the Russians or possibly his own party to keep him in line. There have been lots of rumors about McConnell and his early discharge from the military over the years.
I think this will answer your questions. 🙂
https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/this-is-finee?utm_term=.ui6vkqpjk#.rfO9rYLMr
If you haven’t already seen this, here’s Maxine Waters running down a list of Trump’s “Kremlin Klan”. The look on Chris Hayes’ face is like, WTF”.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/21/1636409/-Maxine-Waters-Just-Open-A-Can-of-Whoopa-On-Chris-Hayes-All-These-Sc-mbags
And let’s not forget that Stephen Miller worked for Sessions before Trump.
Omg, I can’t deal with Ryan anymore. At all. Just hearing that whiny voice makes me want to scream, especially yesterday when he was accusing the Democrats of “shameful partisan politics.” As if that hasn’t been his MO forever.
If I have to spend four years looking at his unfortunate widow’s peak I’m going to need to invest in better weed.
Eddie Munster’s evil twin.
Isn’t ivanka besties with pooty poot’s squeeze, Wendi?
Franken asked him “If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the campaign, what will you do?” Sessions replied “Senator Franken, I’m not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two during that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it.” He didn’t answer what Franken asked, but did definitely say that he did not have communications with the Russians. That’s a lie. Under oath.
Bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about a blow job. So, since this guy has now said he was confused, and he’s going to sit out of the investigation, that makes it okay? No. He needs to resign, and he needs to be disbarred.
Right, and a blow job doesn’t pose a potential national security risk.
Resigning does not protect him from being nailed for perjury.
And of course “Presidential” DT is back to whining on Twitter (his calm only lasted 48hrs) that Sessions is “an honest man” being mistreated by the Dems, who only hating on poor DT and company because HRC lost.
Try again, dumbass.
And complaining that the “Dems” are blocking him from having a full Cabinet when all his Cabinet nominees have been confirmed.
I think treason is a big big problem. They should all be twisting in the wind over this. Ask the Rosenbergs how treason worked out for them.
Could not get past about 3 minutes of this. Why is he smiling through it all? Also, DM has the story that Trump said that he did not know that Sessions met with the Russian ambassador. Me thinks he is already distancing himself from Sessions. I said yesterday that he would be using the phrase “about the campaign” to wiggle out of this. Transparency is not a word this administration understands.
“Why is he smiling through it all?”
Because he’s an evil Keebler elf, high on the fumes of corruption?
My friend described him as this: “If Alfred E Neuman and Elmer Fudd had a baby together and let the KKK raise him, feeding him only on milk, pig shit, and hate; and if that baby never hit puberty but lived to be 150, he would look and act exactly like Jeff Sessions.”
I just smoked and I’m crying. Holy shit. 😂
Reminds me of the Grinch smile Tim Curry does in Home Alone 2 when he discovers Kevin is using a stolen credit card.
And funnily enough, Donald Trump was in Home Alone 2. Look, we’ve come full circle.
*smokes more pot*
He reminds me of Laugh-Ins Arty Johnson in a Nazi helmet.
OMG hahahah that’s the best description!
KiddVicious, velly interesting…but stoopid
Thats it. Everybody to their jail cells. Stop reading the mad mans tweets and start impeaching every damn body and don’t stop till they all drop.
Did you guys read the SXSW has threatened to deport international acts who perform in unsanctioned events at the festival? Its written into the artists contracts. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I’m afraid of being asked to “show my papers” when crossing state lines soon.
When I was detained for protesting a few years ago the cops knew an a awful lot about my entire life. Even though I had no record. Not even a driving ticket. So ummm…. yeah.
Cenk from TYT said that the orange buffoon made a deal with the Russians to lift the sanctions in order to greenlight Russian oil deal with Exxon. Buffoon is apparently getting a cut from the massive half trillion deal. Impeachment isn’t too far off.
Thanks for your continued coverage of this stuff.
Amen. There are so many Russian Trolls and dumb Muricans on the news sites like WaPo, etc. that I can’t enjoy reading the comments sections.
So he visited Russia in ’91 as part of a church group. LMAO. I wondered when the church excuse would be trotted out for the yahoos.
And let us not forget, ivanka is best buds with pooty’s squeeze, Wendi.
That part was so obviously contrived to make him look like an innocent little ole do-gooder.
He’s a yappy little lawyer, ain’t he? (I enjoy using my informal Southern speak for this.)
And, Daughter Dearest is likely right in the mix. Just waiting for more shoes to drop (pun intended). 👠 👠
Why uh, why yes I do declayuhh, I went to Russia to do the Lawd’s work back in ’91.
It might look like I’ve been colluding with the enemy, but by God it was a prayuh meetin’. It might look like I’ve been giving fellatio to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for the better part of a year, but I tell ya I’ve been on my knees to pray.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”
I’d love to continue this here press gatherin’, but I must head to the local orphanage and cook supper this evenin’. Bless y’all.
Love it, ha!
When DT was trashing the intelligence agencies Chuck Schumer went on Rachel Maddow’s show. He said, I’m paraphrasing, that it was really dumb to go after the agencies because they had so many ways to get back at detractors. DT might have engineered his own fall, because of his insults and lack of respect for the agencies. I expect more revelations and tapes will drop. I plan to watch with glee.
Comparing the intelligence community to Nazis was one of Trump’s move stupid moves, and that is really saying something.
These people take down whole governments. You don’t want them to be your enemy.
Although one of my conspiracy theories is that the fish the FBI is really trying to catch is Kislyak. They would love to neutralize him. Perhaps they are putting pressure on Trump & Co. to see if one of them will crack and turn over the receipts on the Russian Ambassador.
I don’t trust this man just alone on his stance on immigration . Sessions has opposed nearly every immigration bill that has come before the Senate the past two decades that has included a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.
The racist mouse recused himself from the Russian/Emperor Zero campaign probe. Not sure if it’s enough because the probe should extend into the transition also.
But I’m heartened by the constant media probing on the issue and the unbelieveable amount of leaking taking place in and around the WH.
It’s just a matter of weeks until the leaking paralyzes the WH into submission. So happy that Schiff and Harris represent my state so well. Keep at it!
Persist and resist
And I’m so happy that my state’s Massive Turd is being exposed.
Yeah, I’m glad the sewage is starting to flow out of the drainpipe, but we need an enema at this point and I’m not sure that is going to happen.
Be careful when channel surfing on Sunday. conjob is on 60 Minutes.
Thanks for the warning LOL
Well, I sure can’t wait for the next SNL!
This weasily guy has got to go. From what I understand, he is only very narrowly recusing himself. He might still be involved in some aspects of probes against Trump/Russia connections NOT specifically and narrowly relating to the campaign. Also although he denies the lie I heard with my own ears, he is the only one who can order himself to stand before the Senate and explain himself. That doesn’t make sense. He has to go.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-office
In reading comments on international news sources today, I am appalled by the number of people calling this a left wing conspiracy to distract people from “real news”. I am appalled by the number of people that still insist “Pizzagate” is true. I am in despair that we will actually have to suffer a man that will NEVER be my President.
I know. It’s downright frightening how far up their own asses these people are.
Sheep, I tell you. It’s easier for them to buy the conspiracy nonsense than to admit how corrupt their dear, dear administration really is.
Truth really IS stranger than fiction and it’s unbelievable what’s going on about Russia. It sounds more like a spy novel than reality, especially with the deaths of several Russian diplomats over the last several months just prior and after the election. There is something very fishy going on and hopefully once more is revealed and more connections made even diehard Trump supporters will see it’s no conspiracy how democracy can be dismantled very handily without watchful eyes.
Can someone please explain this whole problem of how he paid for the July trip?
apparently he used funds he shouldn’t have, but I’m not sure what the implication is? I read it on the WSJ website.
thanks, much appreciated.
Spicer, Sessions, and Sessions’ spokeswoman stated Sessions met the Russian ambassador in the capacity as Senator and not a Trump surrogate. However, since the Trump campaign paid for his RNC trip where he met the Russian ambassador we can assume he was there as a Trump surrogate not a Senator. So he lied and WSJ has the receipts.
So based on this, either Sessions A) Lied about being at the RNC convention as a Trump surrogate or B) If the Trump campaign paid for his trip to the RNC that would be a lavish gift, which as a then acting Senator would be ILLEGAL (think restrictions on lobbying).
Here are the lobbying rules by state if you are interested. Also Sessions is a LAWYER and should know better than anyone the legal implications of his actions.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/ethics/50-state-table-gift-laws.aspx
Also, no one else on his committee(Armed Services, I believe)met with the Russian ambassador during all of 2016. Odd that he would be the only one.
Thank you both!
I knew it was significant information but as many times I read it I couldn’t make sense of it.
This guy is the most weasel-y, smirking liar I have ever seen. He is guilty as sin.
Now DT just tweet a photo of Chuck Schumer and Putin, calling Schumer a hypocrite and demanding an investigation.
Lol…. The desperation.
Chuck replied saying he met Putin in 03 in front of the media and is willing to go to a hearing and asked if DT was willing to do the same. iMovie, DT should leave CS alone, he’s ten times smarter than the con man, DT.
And he remembers the incident from 13 years better than Sessions remembers last summer. Krispy Kreme and Chuck Schumer ftw.
What a PATHETIC child he is.
He is clueless; he went to D.C. to “drain the swamp” and yet has no idea how our system of government functions or what is lurking in that swamp. It’s obvious that the intelligence agencies are against him and it’s obvious that numerous politicians are more than willing to rip him to shreds bit by bit. They’re like sharks that smell blood in the water. It won’t be pretty.
Diaper Bigly needs to apply water to that burn Schumer gave him today!
He needs medical attention. That was a 3 degree burn and Pelosi then threw acid on it
It took him THREE attempts to spell “hereby.” He interrupted those attempts by tweeting about how he will improve education.
That little troll reminds me of an illiterate Forrest Gump.
When investigators conduct video taped interviews with him they’ll be referred to as “The Jeff sessions”
😄😄😄😄
This administration is a global joke.
I liked the tweet from John Dean, Watergate conspirator; “Hey Donald, a tip: Cover-ups don’t get easier as they proceed”
Let’s hope he’s right. .
Drip, drip, drip.
Tweet, tweet, tweet.
He’s on another vacation weekend and tweeting about how bad former prez put a “tapp” on his phones (proof???). Deflecting from last night’s stories about the oligarch’s jet following his to remote/odd places during the campaign?
I can’t tell if he’s insane or smart or both. He’s trying to distract us but he also knows his supporters will actually believe this shit.
Someone tweeted that this behavior is typical of abusive relationships. We’re in an abusive relationship with our president.
Oh, and he can’t spell “tap”? JFC.
Just waiting for him to shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and see how loudly they cheer.
took him 3 attempts to correctly spell “hereby” as well.
The dumbing down of America, one tweet (or 3) at a time.
I read on CNN that trumps’s information about the wire taps came from a conservative news radio show.
President Obama says it’s false. He never ordered any wiretap of DT. We all know DT is trying to change the subject from Russia. DT is a liar and will lie without conscience.
Not only has Obama disputed it so did Clapper, the head of national security under his administration, and numerous others have pointed to the legal barriers to the wiretap that Obama never would have tested because he is an attorney who understands how government functions, not a cheap ignorant bully in a badly fitted suit who thinks being president allows you to act like a petulant child 24/7.
Seeing the unraveling of a mind. If it wasn’t already. I love how he always turns things around to accuse others of the thing he’s been doing. Projection is strong with him.
Love more that the drips appear to be getting stronger and closer to him.
Everyone knows if it’s not on Instagram, you didn’t meet with the Russian ambassador.