Now Trump's attorney general is caught in a big lie about Russia
'Their colleagues, given the traditions of the Senate, will likely start with a ceremonial sharpening of knives during closed hearings'
“I did not have communications with the Russians” goes down with “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” as one of the bigger lies in American political history. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a lawyer, as was President Bill Clinton. Unless they cut class in law school, they’ve always known it’s bad practice to raise your right hand, swear to tell the truth, and then tell nothing like the truth. Clinton parsed perjury with the phrase “it depends what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” Sessions will have to top that by refining the meaning of the word “not.” In case you caught some sleep last night, here’s what’s up. The whiff of cordite from a smoking gun is wafting through the marbled corridors of Congress. During Sessions’ sworn testimony at his Jan. 10 confirmation hearings, he replied, when asked what he would do if he learned of evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign had communicated with representatives from Moscow during the 2016 campaign: “I did ...
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