Sessions Suddenly Remembers Russia Conversation He Said Didn't Happen
The attorney generals memory has been miraculously restored.
Back in June, there was some cause for concern that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was having memory problems. When questioned from multiple angles during multiple appearances before Congressional investigators about the Trump campaigns relationship to Russia, Sessionss consistent refrain was: I dont recall. He gave an equally evasive response when Minnesota Senator Al Franken specifically asked whether surrogates from the Trump campaign had communicated with Russians during the 2016 election in October. I did not, and Im not aware of anyone else that did, and I dont believe it happened, Sessions told the Senate Intelligence Committee under oath. (He made similar statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee.)
Now, however, Sessions has reportedly changed his tune. Citing a source familiar with Sessionss thinking, NBC News reported on Thursday that the attorney generalwho served as a top Trump surrogate and headed the then-presidential hopefuls national security teamdoes in fact recall rejecting George Papadopouloss offer to arrange a meeting between Trump and Putin, after the Republican candidate stopped short of ruling out the idea.
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Perhaps Sessionss memory was jogged by mounting bipartisan calls for him to return to Capitol Hill to clarify his statements and shed light on Papadopouloss account. Jeff Sessions concealed his meetings with the Russians and he had an obligation to be more forthcoming about meetings that involved Papadopoulos, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told CNN. Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, added of Sessionss presence at the meetings that he certainly think[s] its a legitimate area of inquiry for Congressional investigators to pursue. -
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