Everyone do the Perjury Dance!!!
Trump: Nothing will happen. I control everything and Putin has my back. If you dont behave I will take away your healthcare, social security, medicare, food, water, air and increase your taxes.
āI did not have communications with the Russiansā¦ā
Interesting response in that 1) turns out thatās a big lie 2) itās not responsive to the question Franken actually asked. Franken asked what would Sessions do if there was evidence that others had communicated with the Russians. My guess is that Sessions prepared this lie ahead of time and when asked a question sort of like the one he was expecting about his own activities, he rolled out the prepared response - the lie.
FakE NEws. LIbtard lamestreaM media removES partS of Video WHERe exculpATORy evidence is Presented. RIGHT out of Saul Alinskyās PLAYBOok.
If Sessions is forced to resign, Trump will have to find somebody else from the Deep South willing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
I admit that Iāve watched All The Presidentās Men a few times since the election - harboring a profound wish to see another corrupt 'pub admin go down in flames, I guess. But what Sessions said in response to Frankenās question so reminds me of this exchange:
Howard Simons: Did you call the White House press office?
Bob Woodward: I went over there; I talked to them. They said Hunt hadnāt worked there for three months. Then a PR guy said this weird thing to me. He said, "I am convinced that neither Mr. Colson nor anyone else at the White House had any knowledge of, or participation in, this deplorable incident at the Democratic National Committee."
Howard Simons: Isnāt that what you expect them to say?
Bob Woodward: Absolutely.
Howard Simons: So?
Bob Woodward: I never asked about Watergate. I simply asked what were Huntās duties at the White House. They volunteered he was innocent when nobody asked if he was guilty.
Howard Simons: Be careful how you write it.
Indeed. Which shows he was already trying to be misleading and is therefore evidence that goes directly to the intent necessary to prove perjury.
āI did not have sexual relations communications with that woman the Russians.ā
Haul that ambassadorās ass before Congress. NOW!
āThe Peopleās Lawyerā flushed down the drain by his fed up colleagues in the DOJā¦
Take care, Jeff.
Trump: I have instructed Sessions to start āLock Her Upā probe and put her in Jail. We need distractions.
move over eustace tilley.
Precisely. It shows that Sessions anticipated the question and had a prepared response all ready to reciteā¦ which he did. āI have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.ā
That turns out not to be true. Which is beneficial in two ways. Shows Sessions himself is involved so he canāt oversee any investigation. And even better than that, demonstrates a strong pattern of trump officials lying about Russia, which every Democratic Senator / Rep should lock onto and recite ad nauseum. Every new info from Spicer / WH should receive the response, āSo you say, but Flynn was lying about Russia, Pence was lying about Russia, Sessions was lying about Russia, etc. etc. So youāre lying now, right? Only way to disprove it is an independent investigation.ā
Only problem being that the question Sen. Franken asked isnāt the one that Sessions had prepped for and, being the stumbling ballerina he is, Sessions still gave his prepared answer.
Oops
Looking at this objectively, I doubt they could get Sessions on a perjury charge.
Sen. Franken did not explicitly ask Sessions whether or not he had any meetings with anybody from the Russian government during the Presidential campaign. If Sessions had denied that then it would be an open and shut case but thatās not what happened. In Senator Frankenās written follow-up, he asks Sessions if he discussed the campaign with anyone from the Russian government and Sessions said āno.ā
Donāt get me wrong - none of this looks good for the Trump Administration but itās a stretch to think Sessions is either going to resign or face charges for perjury.
Yeah, Iām conflicted about whether Iād want him to resign. Itād be a thousand times better for civil rights if he were no longer AG. But it absolutely forces him to recuse himself on Russia-related matters, which is extremely helpful for any trump / Russia investigation.
Thereās a new Ghost in town!