03-02-2017, 07:51 PM
(03-02-2017, 11:26 AM)Duchess Wrote: Haha. Yeah, because there is nothing to the AG for the United States perjuring himself before Congress. Alrighty then.
I'm not sure if he perjured himself. I think the Democrats' call for him to resign based on that assumption is premature, personally.
But, Sessions definitely failed to disclose during his Senate confirmation hearing that he had twice met with the Russian ambassador while he was active in the Trump for President campaign, even though Senator Franken asked him a related question. Maybe he was just conducting his normal senatorial business during those meetings and didn't associate it with the campaign at all. I'm sure his meetings will be investigated as part of the broader investigation though, as they should be.
In any case, I was happy to read today that Attorney General Sessions recused himself from all investigations into Trump campaign contacts with Russia -- talk about conflict of interest. The recusal was a no-brainer and should have been done sooner, in my opinion, if the goal is truth and transparency without bias.
Sessions had previously said that he wasn't planning to recuse himself and President Trump said that Sessions shouldn't recuse himself. The pressure from Democrats and several of his fellow Republicans worked -- good.