Attorney General Jeff Sessions is once again under scrutiny on Capitol Hill regarding his candor about Russia and the Trump campaign amid revelations that he rejected a suggestion to convene a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump last year.
According to court filings unsealed this week, Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos suggested at a March 2016 meeting that he could use his connections to set up a meeting between Putin and Trump with the then-GOP candidate's national security team. An Instagram picture on Trump's account shows Sessions attended the meeting at which Papadopoulos made the suggestion.
After Trump declined to rule out the idea, Sessions weighed in and rejected the proposed meeting, according to a person who attended.
But Sessions, who was a top surrogate for Trump during the campaign, did not disclose these discussions despite a persistent set of questions from Democrats and some Republicans about Russia during multiple hearings on Capitol Hill. The new information is renewing attention to how forthcoming Sessions has been with Congress. (our emphasis)"My stars and bars, I just got so flustered with your relentless questions. Now ask me again for the third time."
Behold the weasel Trump put in charge of the Justice Department. How many bites at the apple does he get before he's charged with perjury?
BONUS: One of Beauregard's tormentors, the great Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), has sent a scathing letter to him asking specific questions about the meeting with Papadopoulos and other matters related to his previous testimony.
