Well, who would have believed this? Emperor Baby Fists is still basking in the glow of his great press following his Joint Session Address, in which the bar was set so low for him that literally everyone called it a “win” when he didn’t sh-t his pants. Many of you said “just wait, something big is about to come out,” as an explanation for why Baby Fists was acting so sedate. Well, you were right. The Washington Post revealed last night that Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied to Congress about his meetings with Russian officials. Seriously. Sessions was a surrogate and advisor for the Trump campaign since February 2016. From February to November 2016, Sessions met with/spoke to the Russian Ambassador at least twice. While simply “meeting with the Russian ambassador” isn’t a criminal act – although, let’s be real, it’s suspicious as hell – it is against the law to perjure yourself during a Congressional hearing. Sessions lied to Congress during his confirmation hearing for Attorney General:
Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general.
One of the meetings was a private conversation between Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in September in the senator’s office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential race. The previously undisclosed discussions could fuel new congressional calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russia’s alleged role in the 2016 presidential election. As attorney general, Sessions oversees the Justice Department and the FBI, which have been leading investigations into Russian meddling and any links to Trump’s associates. He has so far resisted calls to recuse himself.
At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign.
“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” he responded. He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
In January, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) asked Sessions for answers to written questions. “Several of the President-elect’s nominees or senior advisers have Russian ties. Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?” Leahy wrote. Sessions responded with one word: “No.”
You should read the whole “bombshell” WaPo story – Sessions’ DOJ spokesperson insists that he met with the Russian ambassador (DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN) as a senator, not a Trump surrogate. Again, it’s not against the law for a high-ranking senator to meet with foreign ambassadors. Perjury is against the law. Sessions’ spokesperson also claims that Sessions didn’t commit perjury and “There was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer.” O RLY?
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Nancy Pelosi are already calling for a special prosecutor to further probe Trump’s ties to Russia. Will they get their special prosecutor? Not until some Republicans come to Jesus. There are some crotchety old Cold Warriors in the Senate, and maybe that’s enough. Who knows? Also: “Coretta Scott King” trended on Twitter throughout the night, almost like she was specifically haunting Jeff Sessions. #ShePersisted
AG Sessions is not fit to serve as the top law enforcement officer of our country and must resign. https://t.co/5r8KpGQSRT pic.twitter.com/vKSVuvTIf3
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 2, 2017
Photos courtesy of Getty.
A special prosecutor AND the immediate resignation of Jeff Sessions are the ONLY acceptable actions at this point.
Unfortunately, I don’t see how either of those is going to happen. Sessions is instrumental to Trump’s racist agenda and a special prosecutor will bring them all down.
Agreed. Do you think the people that didn’t vote see how important they are to the process yet?
I am so tired of this republican senate, congress and president. If anyone is confused that MONEY is GOD to this administration they are insane.
I don’t know. Even Paul Ryan is now saying that Sessions should recuse himself. Not as far as resignation, but I think recusing himself would still be a very good thing.
@Tiffany Ryan said Sessions should recuse himself if he is the subject of an investigation lead by the DOJ. Obviously he can’t lead an investigation of himself. Ryan is being his cowardly self by trying to pass off the obvious as some sort of statement.
You’re right, Megan. Ryan’s statement came with qualifiers. What a coward.
Your afternoon Zen … Sessions’ statement on Bill Clinton’s perjury.
Karma is a god damn bitch!
“It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty that President William Jefferson Clinton perjured himself before a Federal grand jury and has persisted in a continuous pattern of lying and obstructing justice. The chief law-enforcement officer of the land, whose oath of office calls on him to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, crossed the line and failed to defend and protect the law and, in fact, attacked the law and the rights of a fellow citizen. Under our Constitution, equal justice requires that he forfeit his office. For these reasons, I felt compelled to vote to convict and remove the President from office. . . .
It is crucial to our system of justice that we demand the truth. I fear that an acquittal of this President will weaken the legal system by providing an option for those who consider being less than truthful in court. Whereas the handling of the case against President Nixon clearly strengthened the nation’s respect for law, justice and truth, the Clinton impeachment may unfortunately have the opposite result.”
Sessions has recused himself!
Yeah, I’m not holding my breath either in this bizarro version of Washington. And yet, as someone reminded me on Twitter, Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about a bj.
Close votes under Clinton. What counts here is “enough” Republicans peeling away from party lines. To be continued. Public pressure is vital here. That means us.
No Clinton was NOT actually impeached – plenty of his political adversaries were calling for that action but he weathered the storm. Point taken however – if he had done half the stuff this administration has he would have been facing serious criminal charges…
Clinton was impeached by the House, but was not convicted by the Senate.
No Republicans are going peel away. The only Cold War hold overs are McCain, Graham, and Burr. Burr is close to the White House and McCain and Graham are all talk.
@Georgie, yes, Clinton WAS impeached. The House of Representatives, lead by a group of hypocrites known as The House Managers (Henry Hyde, Sensenbrenner, Lindsay Graham, Asa Hutchinson, Bob Barr, Bill McCollum with the support of Speakers Gingrich, Livingstone and Hastert) voted for impeachment. The case then went to the Senate to vote for removal, which is a different process but impeachment had already happened. The Senate voted against removal. And look up the histories of that gang I labeled hypocrites.
Flynn got fired for lying to Pence. Sessions lied to Congress and nothing will happen to him. The corruption is just vile.
ETA Here is the clip of Sessions’ hearing where he straight up lies to Franken. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004965337/jeff-sessions-testimony-on-russia-contacts.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Gotcha – thanks for the correction – wish my 15 year-old self had followed politics more closely! 😉
@Lightpurple- The irony being that several of the ringleaders who lead Clinton’s impeachment were adulterers too. Hyde and Livingstone both admitted to affairs. Gingrich was actively cheating on his wife during the impeachment proceedings and everyone in DC knew it. Oh, and Hastert is a kiddie diddler. But Clinton lied about a blowy and they wouldn’t do anything like that. *eye roll*
I agree with you.
Im still pretty shell shocked about this, so I’m just going to read comments. This is so distressing- the spin they will put on it more than anything. The injustice of EMAILS! compared to this.
All I can think is “you stupid fucking idiots that voted for him”.
And all the Obama-haters when according to the NY Times it was the competent Obama administration that scrambled to save vital intelligence information needed to, um, save the republic.
One of the best tweets I saw said if Obama were white, he’d be on Mount Rushmore and if Trump were black, he’d be in jail.
I can’t even look my Trump voting neighbor in the eye. All I can think is…. you helped do this to us.
Tate, I hear you. I have to work closely with someone who voted for Trump. I was just waiting yesterday for her to say something about how “presidential” his speech was so I could lecture the crap out of her. But alas she was sick.
Esmom, it really is awful. I don’t want to feel this way. I have plenty of family and friends who voted for GWB and I did not feel this way. It was a whole different ballgame this time around. Trump showed us in very clear terms who he was. I will never be able to understand how someone could be ok with that and vote for trump.
#trumprussia RESIGN!
I’m worried the spin is going to look something like this (because it’s already happening) “He was a senator at the time and contacted ambassadors from all over the world. He talks to them so much that when asked who he talked to directly he didn’t lie-he just couldn’t remember.” Ignoring the fact that there’s so many damn Russian ties to this administration that you’d have to be fool to think this exchange was innocent. I swear, Trump could come out and say “I colluded with Putin” and some of our fellow citizens are so brainwashed they would cheer it and spin it. It’s really sick.
@Cacec04- You are pretty much on the money. Go read the Fox News lead story right now. It’s all spin about how the Democrats are using this for political advantage after Trump’s big speech and it was totally within Sessions’ duties as a senator. If you’re on the desktop version you can see the comments which are generally a “charming” mix of racism, misogyny and “stupid Libtard!” rants. I’ve been encouraging the Democrats I know to read Fox and the comments as often as they can stand it. As horrid a task as it may be, we need to know the Faux News propaganda and whatever conspiracy they’re currently concocting. Don’t be fooled by recent stories of Fox seeming “reasonable,” the GOP propaganda arm is churning away at full speed.
The issue wasn’t that he met with them in his capacity as a Senator. The issue now is he perjured himself. If he wasn’t hiding something why say you did not speak with the Russian Govt.
Independent counsel is needed. Press keep grilling these treasonous bastards.
‘In January, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) asked Sessions for answers to written questions. “Several of the President-elect’s nominees or senior advisers have Russian ties. Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?” Leahy wrote. Sessions responded with one word: “No.”’ What I see (and I think he is wrong and should be investigated) is that Sessions will wiggle out of this because the question was specifically about Russia and the election. Not sure which article I read it in, but Sessions is also claiming he doesn’t remember what was talked about. This is all kinds of F’d up and if something is not done, we are truly doomed.
“What I see (and I think he is wrong and should be investigated) is that Sessions will wiggle out of this because the question was specifically about Russia and the election.”
This was my immediate thought/fear. He will weasel out of it. I have zero hope for integrity to prevail.
It was also Sessions answer to Franken’s question.
At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign.
“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” he responded. He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
Sessions met with the Ambassador at/during the Republican National Convention. It is hard to believe they didn’t talk about the campaign, when they were at a campaign event.
Edited to add: It was also during the convention that Trump campaign members had the offical GOP platform changed to soften the support for the Ukraine in regards to military aggression from Russia. Coincidence?
This is also misleading: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign”
He wasn’t just a surrogate, he didn’t just get “called” a surrogate. He had an official title with the Trump campaign. He was the Chairman of Trump’s Foreign Policy Advisory Committee.
I agree, lightpurple.
Any congress person who doesn’t support these points should be flooded with calls, emails and visits from their constituents.
If we want this to happen, it is up to ALL OF US. If you are in a blue area, find the closest purple or red county and reach out to those representatives and constituents.
Tiffany 🙂 – “Sessions met with the Ambassador at/during the Republican National Convention”.
Why was a Russian ambassador at the RNC?? Is that normal?
Louisa, it sounds odd to me.
It was odd. They changed the Republican platform to become less protective of Ukraine, too. It was a little, uh, strange. Now we know what happened, or at least we can guess.
Here’s the story from the time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-campaign-guts-gops-anti-russia-stance-on-ukraine/2016/07/18/98adb3b0-4cf3-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html
Who ARE These People?, I heard that Sessions’ second meeting with the Russian ambassador came the day after he met with the Ukrainian ambassador. And they talked about the Ukraine. Hmmmm.
Louisa – apparently ambassadors are often invited to both conventions as observers, kind of a diplomatic field trip to see Americans cavorting in their native habitats…. so it wasn’t all that odd that he spoke with the Russian Ambassador at that event. His private meeting in September did require more explanation simply because that was right at the time of the Wikileaks stuff. He was not alone in the room with the ambassador, so all he needed to do was tell Senator Franken whatever he could remember about it, give the names of other people present, and get them to add what they remember. It could have been quite innocent, but it’s definitely something that he needed to explain. And he knows that, so it’s appropriate to suspect there were some things said he did not want to reveal to Congress. I personally would consider discussion of sanctions (which Trump openly said he opposed) would also be in the innocent category. Russia is interested in getting them removed so it would be a natural topic to bring up. “Hey, how’s the hacking of the Democrats coming along?” would not be innocent….
Really Tiffany? I hope that is good news.
I know more and more are calling for him to at least recuse himself, though I also read he said he would not, unless it became appropriate for him to do so.
God, these people.
EAT: this wasn’t posted where it was supposed to be. I was replying to Tiffany stating Paul Ryan has commented.
Sessions has recused himself! I think this is a good thing…but he really needs to be removed from office. Lying under oath is a serious thing. He wasn’t lying about something trivial, either.
If he can’t be trusted to tell the truth to congress under oath, when are we expected to ever have trust in this man?
@Bleu Moon, and let us not forget Barr who was against abortion except when it came to pregnancies he caused but didn’t want in his marital and extra marital relationships.
…I’m still waiting for the bombshell which destroys Trump.
I know right? From anonymous, what happened with that ..
Anonymous is a joke… they talk a lot but you almost never see any actions.
It won’t come from Anonymous. The leaks are coming from our own intelligence agencies. The CIA, Army Intel, and Navy Intel aren’t happy.
Maybe when the Republican eunuchs buy some balls something will happen.
I hope they find their balls soon, I don’t have much hope atm.
They’ll be forced to touch them.
I firmly believe that Vladimir Putin has the balls of the GOP congressional leadership. He definitely has McConnell’s.
They have their heads so far in the sand it’s ridiculous.
This morning, I flipped over to the fawning GOP-adoring network and one of their longtime morning hosts was whining about another network (likely MSNBC) doing special coverage of Jeffy Beau’s news last night, instead of giving orangey credit for his great speech. I kid you not.
I really believe the only thing that will take down Trump is his tax returns. These need to be leaked and until they are and the whole truth about his Russian connections come out, nothing will happen.
Putin will release them when he’s done playing with Trump.
ITA. But will Congress finally grow a pair and impeach and remove The Donald? 🤔
I heard someone say that all of Trump’s people will start falling and will be replaced with Republicans, and he’ll become their sock puppet, whether he wants it or not.
I read a while ago that was the real threat, that Trump would be “normalized” in the sense that his image was going to get polished and controlled to the point that nobody was going to see anything wrong with him, nor with his policies, no matter how illegal they were.
Not just Trump anymore. The bomb* needs to take out Pence, the cabinet, Ryan, and McConnell at the very least.
*Metaphorical, not literal, NSA person reading this post.
I’m really shocked that so few people in America seem to care about the connections to Russia. Drumpf wouldn’t have won without Putin.
I think since the cold war ended, Russia just isn’t on most people’s radars, despite the fact that Putin is a murderous KGB thug. Especially low information voters who buy whatever Fox or whatever other fake news outlet is selling. I read an interesting comment, how would people feel about Russia if it was filled with brown people? That maybe somehow it feels less threatening to people because Russians are white. SMDH.
It’s really sheer ignorance. Probably most people think that since Russia isn’t the Soviet Union anymore, the dangers of Communism are behind it and it’s just another imperfect democracy. They don’t know Russian history, they don’t know Putin, or they think they do because George Friggin’ Bush looked into his soul.
Part of the problem is that we don’t know the extent of Russia’s involvement or if their involvement was nefarious in nature. From what I understand, the intelligence community is (rightfully) playing it pretty close to the vest right now.
Unfortunately, this leaves the American public to put the puzzle pieces together which results in a lot of conflicting and confusing, conjecture-based conclusions.
(try saying that five times fast!)
Yesterday, Fresh Air did an interesting podcast on this subject with Evan Osnos.
@Esmom, that’s a very interesting idea. If Russia was a Muslim country, and not a Muslim-killing country, things would be very different.
Russian backed rebels shot down a passenger plane filled with Dutch civilians in 2014. They killed nearly 300 civilians with a Russian missile. There are so many reasons your average American should be skeptical of Russia.
It was his job as Senator to talk with and engage with all ambassadors around the world which Yes, included Russia! His conversations were not campaign related at all, this is pure propoganda. I just want to remind people on this site that I am Irish and I married a Russian engineer who is a US citizen and my children are half Russian. I live in America, stop hurting and discriminating against innocent children from Russian backgrounds!
@Chrissy – no one is discriminating against Russian people, the objections are to Putin and his interference in the election.
The content of Sessions conversations is irrelevant. The fact that he lied about them under oath is the issue. Perjury is a crime and the nation’s highest ranking law enforcement officer is not above the law.
“At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign.
“I’m not aware of any of those activities,” he responded. He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
At issue is his lying during his confirmation hearing. Do you see that part where he said “I did not have communications with the Russians.” He did have communications, whether they talked about the campaign or about caviar.
And I wasn’t aware Putin was an innocent child. Your last sentence makes no sense at all.
No one is saying abything about the Russian people, many of whom are quite poor and get their news from state run media. I personally have a lot of compassion for the Russian people. We are all talking about Putin being scary AF. And Sessions lied under oath. He was asked if he had any contact with Russia. He said no. He did, twice. Sure, maybe he was only talking with the ambassador as a Senator but he should have been honest. How do we trust the AG if he is a liar?
It was also his job as someone who took an oath to tell the truth during the confirmation hearings to tell about any of those conversations when asked. He did not. He lied. And whether those conversations were “campaign-related” is only part of the problem; were those conversations related to what he would do for Putin as a member of Trump’s cabinet? That is NOT campaign-related, that is running the government-related.
Who is discriminating against Russian children? The issue here is Putin, not immigrants.
Nobody is discriminating against your half-Russian children, unless they are also Muslim (then you had better have contingency plans during the Trump Administration, good luck).
It is quite possible for us to have friendly relations with the Russians and cooperate on important issues such as disarmament while not being naive about the dangers posed specifically by Putin and his friends. Sanctions are an attempt to stop Putin’s dangerous behavior without killing anybody. And interfering in elections in the United States, Western Europe, and Ukraine is indeed an unfriendly and dangerous act, in addition to Putin’s military meddling in Ukraine. Ask the Ukrainians how they feel about Russia’s disinformation campaigns and direct attempts to corrupt the election itself to elect their preferred candidate. That almost happened in Ukraine last May, fortunately the meddling was detected and counteracted just in time.
Then why did he lie during the confirmation???
Chrissy, get your head out of your ass, it’s not a hat.
If you can’t distinguish between what Sessions did and children from russian backgrounds, that’s on you, not us.
In addition to lying to Congress no other Senator on his committee had contact with Russian diplomats. Lying under oath indicates he’s hiding something. No one is discriminating against Russians however we are concerned about the Russian government’s interference with our election process.
What in the world does this have to do with children from Russian backgrounds?!?! 😮 This has everything to do with the Attorney General of the United States of America LYING under oath. Let’s be clear here.
“I live in America, stop hurting and discriminating against innocent children from Russian backgrounds!”
What?! I have not heard of a single person hurting or discriminating against children of Russian backgrounds. Have you possibly gotten some alternate facts from some shady “news” source?
“His conversations were not campaign related at all, this is pure propoganda.”
They met at the Republican National Convention, which is a campaign event. It defies logic to think that an official advisor to a campaign would meet with officials at a campaign event and not discuss the campaign and the nominee.
Chrissy, have your kids been experiencing discrimination, or your husband, due to their backgrounds? If so, I have a lot of sympathy for you and your family. I’m sure you understand that in being discriminated against by bigots, you’re not alone in the US. No one on this site would be okay with any kind of discrimination.
One thing I’d like to say is that is I see comments like yours a lot. What I mean is some people take certain facts about society and they personalize those facts instead of understanding that these things are part of our society, which can be racist, bigoted, and xenophobic. This isn’t about you personally, it’s not about your family. These problems are systemic in nature and will take a societal shift in order to change.
Again, I am sorry if you’re family is experiencing discrimination here in the US. Please understand that the people here on this sight are concerned about Putin, and his goons, as they represent a real threat to our democracy. These facts about Sessions lying to congress are not propaganda, they’re real and of grave concern.
Out of interest, Chrissy, are you also concerned about Russians Jews living in America? Because I’ve been seeing quite a few actual threats and attacks on that community.
Also: Sessions lied under oath. The man is an attorney. He should be disbarred for that alone, which would make him unfit to serve as attorney general. Full stop.
Now we just need Kellyanne Conjob to come out and say that “Sessions has the full confidence of baby fists as she did for Flynn.” That should be the kiss of death for Sessions.
Stick a fork in him. Two down, many more to go . . . .
I like your optimism and hope you’re right but I don’t see it happening. This administration doesn’t care about laws, rules, appearances or anything. Conway went balls out advertising Ivanka’s trash on national tv, the WH says she’s fine and it was a “joke”. The president tells a Jewish reporter “you’re not nice”, yells at the press to sit down when he gets uncomfortable questions, sill runs all his companies, brings Ivanka and Jared into every damn meeting he pleases even though they are not vetted or qualified… and so what?
Nobody does a damn thing. Because the Reps are drooling at the banquet of choices on the table: billionaires making rules for themselves, everyone and their son/daughter/niece / wife getting plum jobs, ambassadorships handed out to Mar-a-Lago members, dismantling the EPA etc.
What shocks me every day is the sheer stupidity and short term vision these people have – there is only ONE effing planet available and once we run out of it…no amount of billions will give you fresh air, clean water or waterfront properties safe from devastating weather patterns. The number of zeroes in a bank account won’t matter. How do they not see this?
I don’t see it happening either but as you know, I share your pessimism when it comes to this administration, Vauvert.
Power has corrupted everyone completely. I honestly had no idea it would happen so quickly and pervasively but there it is. Like you said — rules, laws, appearances, mean NOTHING. Nor, as some here said, does integrity.
Well at least now we know why Sessions was inexplicably such a strong Trump supporter early on. The dots are just connecting themselves, not that it will have any repercussions. I think I’m losing my mind. I tried to have a nice dinner with friends last night and I couldn’t even relax. And then boom as soon as I left my news feed was exploding with the Sessions stuff. I just wanted to drive to Canada.
Session and Bannon have been thick as thieves for years. Sessions is a key player in this administration. He isn’t going anywhere.
What I’m so optimistic about is that the Obama administration was wise enough to secure specific conversations and “salt” them throughout the intelligence community, hoping the truth would reveal itself. And slowly but surely, this administration is going down. I absolutely believe we are watching a methodical, quiet take-down via leaked information. At some point, it is my belief that the smoking gun aka Trump’s tax return, will surface. My grave concern is that it doesn’t happen quickly enough to staunch the bleeding caused by the actions of President Bannon.
PunkyMomma, President Obama is a brilliant man and loves his country. I believe he did what he could before he left office. Hopefully it will be enough to take these bastards down.
My hope is that someone has those returns and is waiting until 2 weeks or so before midterms and then leaking them. Throwing a wrench into the election a la Comey. Wouldn’t the Republicans love the shoe being on the other foot? I can dream, anyway.
We shouldn’t be surprised about this. Trump and all his minions are nothing more than a basket of deplorable liars.
First, he needs to resign and face prosecution himself. But second, what a great illustration of why you should not piss off your intelligence services. Someone somewhere has known about this for a long time but sat on it because the drip effect is so much more effective at long term damage than a once off bomb out. Interesting also that it comes out a day after Trump has a good PR day for managing to read out the words on the auto cue. Somebody in the alphabet agencies is going “Drip. Drip”.
I like this approach, but it needs to be sustainable until the midterms. If they can keep it up through then, the GOP is toast. Dems can win back the House and pick up more Senate seats.
Just get Tweeter to resign and let Pence take over. Pence is a far more normal person than Trump and understands how government and democracy work, but President Pence would be enough to send people running to the polls to elect Democrats…. Really, even people in Indiana were anxious to see the last of Pence, he would not have been re-elected. He is even blamed for an HIV epidemic in one area where his policies ended up closing clinics. Republicans running for office avoided emphasizing any connection to him, including the one who ran successfully for governor. Both the new governor and the legislature are tripping over themselves to undo everything he did.
It could actually have an impact BEFORE the mid-terms if current members of Congress are implicated and forced to resign. *cough – McConnell cough*
Integrity is dead. Sadly, Sessions won’t recuse himself or appoint a special prosecutor and there is no one in Congress or the White House who will make him do so. His appointment as AG is part of a years long strategy by him, Bannon and Miller to implement their vision for an ultra nationalist white America.
The best Dems can do is howl about corruption and hope it helps bring swing voters back to their side.
“Integrity is dead.” That about sums it all up. And that is what keeps me up all night, tossing and turning about what kind of country my kids are inheriting.
I don’t have kids, but have wondered what example this sets for demonstrating integrity and ethics. Not to mention how I was raised to believe bad actions had consequences, but to see how many things (emoluments, perjury foreign and financial ties, etc.) are being completely ignored is disheartening. But e-mails! But interns and blue dresses!
Yup. My new norm is not sleeping.
I’m just completely appalled at the disgusting level of corruption and cronyism of the GOP.
Christin, I can’t speak for the deplorables and how they raise their kids, but thank goodness I have an ongoing dialogue about this stuff with my teens. Although honestly they have no idea how panicked I truly am, I don’t want them to take on another burden of anxiety. And school is a very safe space for them. I think the teachers are doing an amazing job of welcoming all points of view but not straying from their mission of teaching actual facts and hard truths and doing their part to help instill integrity in their students.
And probably NOTHING will happen to him about it. I am so tired of people getting away with being criminal and shitty. I’ve totally lost faith in humanity, this country, and the democratic process
ETA: and the criminal justice system
+1
Everyday this dumpster fire of an administration gets more gasoline poured on it. I just want to see how Trump &company deflects attention away from this story.
They are so corrupt I fear they will drop bombs somewhere in the Middle East or Africa or create a “Wag the Dog” terrorist attack.
That is what scares me
CNN is reporting that bombs were dropped overnight on Yemen. I kid you not.
I intentionally bypass almost all of Trump’s speeches and press conferences for the sake of my blood pressure, but I caught a soundbite of his budget launch. “We have to start winning wars again” was his explanation for the increase in military spending and I immediately had an uncontrollable urge to go build a bomb shelter in some remote wilderness.
Send kellyanne to the Holocaust Museum to squat and take selfies? Have ivanka in a cocktail dress with her children touring Michelle’s garden? Show melania doing some actual work? Add New Zealand and Tahiti to the travel ban? The possibilities are endless with this clown circus.
Unfortunately, I don’t think this administration is going to burn itself out. When one of his gangsters falls, Teflon Don just pulls another one up from the ranks to replace him. All the while, our Senate confirms these miscreants, and our congressmen do nothing but pay lip service with talk of investigations or censures.
@Olenna – exactly. There is an endless supply of deplorables and Senate Republicans, for all their bluster, are in lock step with Trump.
When there is money to be gleaned, the supply is endless.
Man, how America has changed since Trump is president.
It is heartbreaking.
Have you seen this video, Guys? Welcome to trump’s Amerika.
http://twitter.com/paulwaldman1/status/836425238502125572
I saw this yesterday. Please click on and watch this. This is what we are turning into. It is horrifying.
So F***ed up
I can’t even believe what I just saw
if it was all so innocent, why did he not mention it?
I did not expect a lot from this adminstration, but the level of corruptness is beyond belief.
I live in Alabama. I assure you, sessions has always been dirty.
I’m saying 90% of DT appointees are dirty, doesn’t matter where they came from, and DT is the dirtiest of them all. I bet his wife, daughter, sons and son-in-law are all bottom feeders, and filthy people who worship money and don’t care who they screw. Btw, 229 congress people yesterday voted for DT NOT to release his taxes, what is he hiding, WHY !!
Poor Morning Joe, he’s trying real hard to give DT an out of this mess he’s has created. He’s saying DT should throw JS under the bus and talk about the stock market and the job he’s going to create, “Going To Create”.
I thought of you, SusanneToo. You had the low-down on the low-down of this one.
@Cristin. sessions was born in Selma and was 18 years old at the time of the Selma Marches. I like to imagine that somewhere there is a photo showing him jeering and spitting at the marchers. As a librarian, I never recommended Wikipedia to student researchers, but a quick look to Wiki today really captures session’s abysmal record-his stands against civil and human rights, his support of torture and war, etc. He’s a low person.
But everyone said that Trump acted ***PRESIDENTIAL***, so isn’t everything ok now…?
(lol)
Since when is lying 51 times in 61 minutes “presidential”? The bar is so low for this man it is disgusting,
Lying 51 times in 61 minutes is what defines “presidential” in this presidency.
In spite of Trump (and his enabling Republicans), I have not yet lost all respect for the office of POTUS.
Disgraceful.
Not my president Donald Trump’s speech to congress was just a façade meant to confuse and disarm his opponents. He did not fool me one bit. On the inside he remains the same bully, racist, sexist, self-centered liar who will get us all killed.
A special prosecutor should look into Jeff Session’s situation. Lock him up!
Meanwhile the cable news media are giving Trump a hand job because he was able to read off a teleprompter while apparently sedated.
Maybe Fox still is but the rest of the press seems to have snapped out of it.
Someone needed to give poor Kilmeade a hanky this morning as he whined about how the Jeffy Beau news was being heavily covered by other networks last night instead of giving credit for such a great speech!
The drips already suggest Watergate will look like a cake walk, if someone will just do their job!
Didn’t you know that perjury is only a crime Democrats can commit? Perjury, violation of the emoluments clause, treason, sedition … Not illegal if a Republican does it!
Seriously though, the utter hypocrisy of the Republican party is so fucking infuriating I can barely take it anymore. These assholes spent millions of taxpayer dollars trying to find something to pin on Hillary (and don’t even get me started on Benghazi, now the Trump administration wants to cut the State Department’s budget by 1/3!!! I doubt the Republicans will bother to launch an investigation when another embassy inevitably gets attacked under Trump’s watch), but the likelihood that one of their own committed sedition or treason isn’t worth an investigation. What they don’t realize (or maybe they do and just don’t care) is that their failure to hold this administration accountable, their failure to investigate, is doing permanent damage not only to the credibility of the executive branch, but to Congress’ credibility as well. This sort of damage cannot be undone.
Agreed to all of this. But what gets to me is why the Democrats aren’t doing more. This isn’t normal! This is not just a difference of political beliefs!
What can they do? They are outnumbered in the both the House and the Senate, which means all they can do is complain. If they do that too much, the Republicans will just be able to dismiss it all as partisan complaining.
Remember when DT was all over the country chanting “lock her up, lock her up”, I guess he and his people will be locked up before Hillary, God don’t like ugly. Drip, drip, drip. It’s going to happen, DT will leave the office of the Presidency in disgrace.
Putin and Bannon are pulling the strings in this administration. Sessions lied during his confirmation hearing, which is another of many indications that this group of thugs is looking to profit financially while dismembering our democracy. I have no doubt about this. What would Alexander Hamilton say?
Hamilton would call out Trump for being unworthy. Trump would challenge him to a duel, and in a stupendous piece of historical/political fiction, Trump would die from gangrene resulting from a sword nick to his face. Hamilton would then assume the Presidency and end global human trafficking.
@GrayMatters
Lol
Of course he did, of course they ALL did.
Lying is only a problem when you are a democrat–because if you are caught you have the temerity to step down (in most cases). it is never the case with republicans. I doubt he will go anywhere, even though I can think of a few places I would like to see him go…
I haven’t had such a radical mood swing within 24 hours since my worst experience with PMS.
; )
It will be interesting to see what happens with this – will he be forced to resign like Flynn. I doubt it but the press and Democrats need to keep the pressure up on the Russia issue and make sure it does not go away.
This is the 2nd senior Trump aide thats been proven to lie about meeting with Russian diplomats during the campaign. Even if Trump came out and said ‘yeah me and my administration are being blackmailed by Putin’ his rabid base would still worship the ground they walked on.
Given the relentless attacks from them on the media, am sure there are many who won’t believe it. Fake news and all that BS.
Let’s not fool ourselves-nothing is going to come of this. There’s plenty of evidence of Russian collusion from the top down and they have deflected all of it.
Sessions is a Republican frat boy-he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
SNL doesn’t even have to air shows any more because this “comedy” is writing itself.
Sessions should resign or be prosecuted by a special commission.
A Russian/Trump probe should be started with a bipartisan commission that includes Sandra Day O’Conner and Colin Powell. No one would balk at those two being heads of the commission.
I really hope this thing has legs but have lost faith in the idea that *anything* this administration does will be enough to bring them down. I’m starting to worry that we’re going to get the American version of the Reichstag fire, which Hitler used so effectively to distract Germans from the power grab he was making and justify hastily-called elections and dangerous executive-style orders. I realize I probably sound like a tin foil hat girl but I feel like that’s just where we are these days. Nothing is out of the realm of possibility with Hitler Cheeto.
Nope, I think you’re exactly right. I also read this morning that Trump is considering using military force against North Korea … And if he does, well, he’ll be starting WW3. So there ya go!
May god help us all:(
Jason Chaffetz just called on Sessions to clarify his testimony and recuse himself.
https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/837290054385033218
Which, sadly, causes me to believe that there must be something really bad that Chaffetz doesn’t want us to see so he’s asking Sessions to do this so attention will move elsewhere before more information comes out.
On her Monday night show, Rachel Maddow carefully outlined financial links among the latest confirmed cabinet member (and his shady bank ties), orange one and a ‘fertilizer king’ oligarch who purchased an orange property for a whopping price in recent years.
The level of smoke is getting so thick, yet those in charge act as if it’s crystal clear air and the sky is blue. Something must be wrong with those who see all the gray plumes and can hardly breathe.
That Maddow piece was GOLD.
Is that fertilizer king a reference to the Koch brothers? I know they weren’t fans of Obama, but I didn’t think they had any love for Trump, either. My understanding is that they’re decent people with strong libertarian views. They supported the tea party, but also fight against “overcriminalization of America” and Charles said that one of his heroes was Frederick Douglass
Nevermind. I just read downthread that she meant Wilbur Ross.
Maddow’s segment outlined Ross’ vice-chairship of an overseas bank and a so-called fertilizer king (oligarch) who went through a protracted divorce. They are separate people.
The ‘king’ paid enormously inflated real estate prices in recent years, allegedly to tie up money from his estranged wife.
Guess who one of the highly profitable real estate deals was with? (Hint: Orange tweetolini) Guess who their common link allegedly was? (Hint: our newest cabinet member, Ross)
@ Graymatters-the Koch brothers are “decent people”?
You are mistaken about that–they are the very opposite of decent. They are corrupt, immoral **sholes who unfortunately, have great influence on American politics.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924
@graymatters:”My understanding is that they’re decent people with strong libertarian views.”
The Koch Brothers are not decent people, I’d read Jane Mayer’s Dark Money or her articles in the New Yorker about them.
Wow, that is surprising. I agree with lightpurple, his goal is likely to get him out of the way before he brings others down with him.
I have to think that’s why there has been so much reluctance to investigate – there’s dirt on ALLLLL these guys.
as much as i absolutely HATE sessions, he gave crafty “lawyer” answers very carefully so his chances of being ousted are murky at best. his answers (and the questions i have read in the guardian) are specifically about the election. much like pres clinton said he had no sexual relations with that woman (can’t remember the exact phrasing). carefully chosen words to hide the dirty truth without actual perjuring.
i am in no way saying what he did was ok (let’s face it, he is a waste of life and full of shįt) but not holding my breath he will get the ax.
the shįt show continues…
No probably about it. He straight up lied when asked a direct question about whether he had any communications with the Russians during the campaign period. The first contact was in Cleveland during the convention, apparently he met with other ambassadors at the same time so he could have claimed it was In his capacity as Senator and it was all innocent chat. But the second time was in a private office in September. That should require more explaining, considering what the Russians were doing at the time. But still he could have made it believable. Instead he lied about both contacts, making any reasonable person wonder what he was hiding. He knew that there was concern about contacts between people involved in the Trump campaign and the Russian government, there is no way he could have thought his contacts did not need to be disclosed and explained.
There is nothing wrong with him (or Flynn) talking to Russian officials at any time. We are not at war. The problem is lying about it under oath in response to a direct question during his confirmation hearing. Sessions is a lawyer and an Attorney General. He knows exactly why that is wrong and illegal. He went after Bill Clinton, who only lied about a private matter (sex). For that, Bill lost his license to practice law and almost lost his job as President. It’s called perjury, Mr. Sessions. And your best bet to avoid prosecution for it is to simply resign and then cooperate with an independent investigation.
Exactly. I think he might be able to weasel his way out of the lie he told to Sen. Leahy but won’t be able to get out of the one he told during confirmation testimony to Sen. Franken.
Don’t know how many ways there are to say HYPOCRITES. The whole bunch in the Republican party are hypocrites and put party over country with the exception of only a few. I wouldn’t trust that weasiiy man Sessions or any Republican to get to the truth. Where are Trump’s taxes. Why isn’t he held to account for his numerous conflicts of interest and why wasn’t HE properly vetted regarding his Russian ties BEFORE he came into office. It looks to me like a coup from within.
All roads lead back to Russia. There are just too many coincidences.
I suspect bar complaints against Sessions are being drafted right now. Perjury is a serious offense for a lawyer. If he is suspended or disbarred from the practice of law, he cannot be AG. Time to Google where he is licensed to practice…
I was coming here to say this: Given that Clinton was disbarred from the Supreme Court for lying under about a sex act, Sessions should absolutely lose his license for this. Full stop.
@christin
Yeah that cabinet member is Wilbur Ross. He has ties to a Russian “fertilizer” kingpin through a bank in Cyprus, which is a shelter bank not unlike a Cayman or Swiss-style shelter bank for Americans/Europeans.
It took 20 minutes for Maddow to step through that series of banking and real estate dealings. I was saying ‘money laundering’ over and over during that piece.
So ole Cyprus Wilbur was quietly slipped in a few nights ago, while Tweetolini was providing his nonstop distractions.
Can I just say, God bless Dems like Pelosi, Warren, Bernie, and Al Franken, who are not letting up? Franken is getting especially awesome and I never thought I’d say that.
Don’t forget Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). She flat out called Cheeto Mussolini’s administration “scumbags” on MSNBC a few days ago – after outlining multiple links to Russians in power.
Kamala Harris is gonna be one to watch as well from CA. We have some good ones. Of course, we also have some lousy ones too.
I remember being surprised when Franken won as I only knew him from SNL, but he’s doing some damn fine work.
Al was very political long before he ran. He wrote some great books, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, and Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot among others. I was so glad when he ran and won.
Well, he’s good enough, he’s smart enough, and doggone it, people really like him! I loved that character.
Oh, the Rush book title is incredibly appropriate. I cannot stand how he mocked MJ Fox’s Parkinson’s tremors. Disgusting.
Also a shout out to my rep, Adam Schiff, whose twitter feed is both depressing and amusing.
(Granted, I think he’s partially using this situation to position himself to take over for Pelosi, but I’ll take it)
I hate that this POS represents my state. I’ve sent so many messages to his office that I’m getting carpal tunnel. F*ck him and F*ck his enablers.
As we say in the South, he comes across as a weasel.
This is a very good development! Hope everyone who can will call reps or write postcards today demanding his resignation and an independent investigation.
Don’t forget that Sessions once voted to impeach Bill Clinton for THE VERY SAME THING.
What goes around…
CLUTCH THE PEARLS WHITE MAN LIED AND POC DIES!! OH THE SHAME! SHE#PERSISSTED SO MUCH HE STILL GOT HER VOTE! SAVE IT FOR THE BELL TOWER HUNCHBACKS!!
She persisted and voted against him
Some happy news: this year’s recipient of the JFK Presidential Library & Archives “Profile in Courage” Award is President Barack Obama! That will be some speech! Trying to get tickets now!
Please, oh please, let this be the beginning of the end! I have faith that truth and honesty will prevail!
I have deal with my whole family who voted for Trump! I truly feel that the people that voted Trump in are racists and don’t even realize it! Yes that includes my white middle class family!
Is it too much hoping that someone in the republican party has a moral backbone?
Given current evidence, I have to say yes.
Very supicious.It’s worse than when Bill “ran into” Loretta Lynch on the tarmac. At least in that instance they were both Americans. Treacherous.
For everyone in the dumps, good news. Music will help you. Hall & Oates and Tears for Fears have announced a co-headlining tour. Daryl Hall’s voice is still amazing, and Tears for Fears, well, I adore them. And Roland’s voice sounds like it did in his youth. It starts in May.
I needed this. It’s like a nice, buzzy feel-good high to look forward to get me away from the Dark Evil Kingdom I’m faced with in the news every day,
Have I mentioned lately how much I despise Trump?
Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux are also touring together.
Thanks for the info. We plan to take in quite a few concerts this year. It will be a nice diversion from Man-Baby. I have a lot to look forward to. U2 is touring the entire album of Joshua’s Tree in honor of its 30th anniversary. I can’t wait. Depeche Mode has a new album and will be touring. I adore Depeche Mode. They only tour every three or four years.
I love love love Tears for Fears. They never get to the east coast, so was excited. I thought I would enjoy Hall & Oates because I love his voice on his show Live from Daryl’s House. What a great show. But now I’ve read that Hall & Oates have been terrible for several years live, short setlists and low energy. Daryl has chronic Lyme Disease. Maybe that’s why. But it’s turned into a bummer to hear that. But Tears for Fears is what I’m going for anyway. The venues they are playing in are too large. I expect the tickets will be heavily discounted as time goes on,
The Trump Travesty is really bringing me down. So I need diversions this spring and summer to help me forget at least for a few hours he is in office with his motley crew. Concerts and also the beach will be some of my go-tos. LOL
I was listening to Sold Your Soul Paul Ryan speak earlier, as much as he attached the Democrats day in day out excused Sessons behavior, if you or I would have commit perjury we would be prosecuted as a regular citizen, but these ne’er do well rich or in Congress people do it it’s like oh he did not mean it that way. A person convicted of perjury under federal law may face up to five years in prison and fines. The punishment for perjury under state law varies from state to state, but perjury is a felony and carries a possible prison sentence of at least one year, plus fines and probation. Perjury is the criminal offense of lying under oath. A perjury charge may be brought when someone makes a false statement after being sworn in or promising to tell the truth in a legal situation. For instance, a person giving testimony on the stand during a court case who tells a lie may be charged with perjury. Case closed he committed perjury twice by verbal and written, and if he can get away with it why can’t the countless every day people? Also Flynn was fired for the same reason. Paul Ryan said it’s the repeat of whats been said a million times by Democrats it’s not a repeat this is a new issue so he can go shut and up for all I care and Sessions BYE FELICIA!
Who thinks the Democrats aren’t as dumb or weak as they often appear that the media isn’t playing as nice and “unbiased” as they want us to believe?
I do think the left screwed up strategically in the past and the media messed up by “normalizing” Trump, but apparently everybody is getting their groove back. Kitty got claws again. This is like the Ocean’s 11 of politics and President Obama is Danny Ocean (bless him for protecting those files). Everyone is playing their position. The takedown is well underway. It’s unfolding slowly before our eyes.
I just wonder how many people across the media and politics are in the know? Al Franken and Patrick Leahy didn’t ask those questions of Sessions by happenstance. They got him on tape and in writing. The Washington Post, NY Times, CNN and Politico are consistently breaking news. News has oddly broken late in the day on at least a couple of occasions, just in time for Don Lemon’s show on CNN. The same Don Lemon that Trump has specifically criticized. It’s fascinating to watch. I think all these people/entities are in cahoots and I support them all 100%.
Carry on. Let’s get this b@stard.
Most print news stories are placed online in late evening, Eastern time. That’s even the case for my local paper — a few stories may pop online during the day, but the majority are posted around 8 PM – 10 PM.
I believe the print media will continue to be the ones who deliver the big headlines. While they are deep into combing facts and sources, the talking head TV panels will be filling their shows with news the print journalists are bringing forth.
May the leakers keep dripping and the print journalists continue to deliver!
I am not a big fan of CNN but they have broken quite a few stories on Trump. I think the race to break news is making everyone (except Fox right wing news) better.
Yeah people keep saying the Dems aren’t doing enough but I can’t help but think (hope?) that they have been quietly strategizing.
Politics: The sport of twisting everything to fit your world view.
Hi Marley! It’s been a minute since you last trolled me. I missed you about as much as I’ll miss Trump when his orange ass gets impeached.
@kitten 😂😂😂
Also @kitten 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
lol. Troll? Whatever, Capitalist. When you’re ready to join the actual left let us know. But until then stop wasting our time with your faux-left bullshit.
In the age of social media and 24/7 news coverage that blows content way out of proportion to keep eyes on their screens, it’s easy to feel frustrated by what looks slow as molasses action on the part of the media and the Democrats.
But remember: the Watergate was over two YEARS from the break-in to Nixon’s resignation/convictions of Erlichmann, Haldeman and Mitchell with consistent reporting (and blowback) by the Post. Stay the course, subscribe to the NYT or WaPo (or anyone else doing this work), donate the ACLU (who sent lawyers to the airports ASAP and triggered the court cases that stayed the Muslim ban EO), and be patient.
He lied to Congress under oath. He has no business as the key person upholding the law in our country.
The partisan hacks and Trump apologists can spin it all they want. It looks as bad as it is to the average American.
Would also like to remind everyone that Trump himself said he hadn’t called Russia in 20 years, even though he called them a month ago. This whole administration is in denial.
I suspect something’s in the works….. something huge. DT is now being suspiciously quiet on Twitter. Sh-t is going down.
Didn’t he say ten years? But obviously a lie no matter how you slice it.
You’re right. It was 10. I misremembered the number.
Keep resisting, keep persisting!
A helpful article from the WaPo:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/10/a-blueprint-for-resistance-to-trump-has-emerged-heres-what-it-looks-like/?utm_term=.8abfad0142e3
Sessions will be speaking soon.
Recusing himself but not resigning. No surprises there. Sigh.
Not nearly enough. What a farce that was.
He can’t recall if he met other Russians because “we meet a lot of people”.
Guilty guilty guilty
It’s a start though Kitten. He’s only been on the job 3 weeks, he said, and already this. Chin up ((hugs))
The WH thinks this will appease the Dems. Nope… the Dems smell blood in the water. With Obama ensuring that the intel is scattered and safe, it’s all going to surface…eventually. The Dems better not let up.
Squirrelly little guy, isn’t he? No it is not nearly enough. He perjured himself. Lock him up!
@LinaLamont Thank God for President Obama.
Ugh. No surprise, though, really.
@Tate
“Squirrelly little guy” made me laugh. That’s EXACTLY what I thought, watching him. Perfect description.
Lol, that is exactly how he looked! I think he made matters worse and there is a whole lot more to come.
NYT reporting that Jared Kushner also met with Russian Ambassador at Trump Tower IN DECEMBER.
My head is spinning.
Holy cats you guys
😱
The Russian ties are so strong, and the Repubs couldn’t care less. When it’s a Dem, they want to investigate 20 times. When it’s their side, eh, nothing here to investigate, moving on.
I didn’t see it coming with Jared.
I think every one of them (dear daughter included) likely have dirt on their paws. It’s just taking time to get it out there.
Greed, power, ethics be darned. Birds of a feather. Apple and the tree.
“….. the Repubs couldn’t care less. When it’s a Dem, they want to investigate 20 times. When it’s their side, eh, nothing here to investigate, moving on.”
What do you expect? Even the Dems let Bill Clinton back into the fold after his disgraceful behaviour. Politics has nothing to do with right or wrong, truth and justice. It’s all about power, which is why I don’t get that excited at the prospect of getting rid of the Republicans when they’re only going to be replaced by the Democrats. Ugh.
While driving today I was listening to Here and Now on NPR. I missed the first part of the report but a former member of the intelligence community who has been investigating the hacks and contacts, etc. believes that there will be a large dump of info to the NYT before long. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Oh wow 😳
I’d love a big weekend dump. The news rooms know what’s in the pipeline. I’d guess it’s going to be a very windy March for the orange combover.
Hahahahaha Orange combover! Best. Name yet!
Re: Sessions ‘probably’ lied. NO. He lied. The video evidence is there. He committed a criminal act, perjury. #LockHimUp
It’s time for a true independent committee to look into the Russia/Emperor Zero ties.
No more BS