A Russia lobbyist is contradicting the testimony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions by stating that he attended two dinners hosted by Sessions during the 2016 campaign.
The Guardian reported:
Sessions testified under oath on Tuesday that he did not believe he had any contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests over the course of Trump’s campaign. But Richard Burt, a former ambassador to Germany during the Reagan administration, who has represented Russian interests in Washington, told the Guardian that he could confirm previous media reports that stated he had contacts with Sessions at the time.
“I did attend two dinners with groups of former Republican foreign policy officials and Senator Sessions,†Burt said.
It is difficult to say what is more damning. The fact that Sessions hosted dinners that were attended by lobbyists working to advance Russian interests, or that those same lobbyists were helping the Trump campaign write Trump’s foreign policy speech.
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Someone is lying, and given the Attorney General’s track record of not remembering meetings with Russians, it is a pretty safe guess that the person who is not telling the truth is Jeff Sessions.
How many times does Jeff Sessions have to perjure himself before the United States Senate before action is taken?
Sessions played the former Senator card on numerous occasions during his Senate Intelligence Committee testimony, but that doesn’t give him license to lie under oath.
Attorney General Sessions isn’t telling the truth, and Senators need to get tough on him to get to the bottom of his involvement in the Russia scandal.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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