NEW: Mueller interviewed Sessions for hours last week

[MelissaB]

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Sessions Is Interviewed in Mueller’s Russia Investigation

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel’s office as part of the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election and whether the president obstructed justice since taking office, according to a Justice Department spokeswoman.

The meeting marked the first time that investigators for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, are known to have interviewed a member of Mr. Trump’s cabinet.

The spokeswoman, Sarah Isgur Flores, confirmed that the interview occurred in response to questions from The New York Times.

Mr. Sessions announced in March that he had recused himself from all matters related to the 2016 election, including the Russia inquiry. The disclosure came after it was revealed that Mr. Sessions had not told Congress that he met twice with the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time, Sergey I. Kislyak, during the campaign. Mr. Sessions was an early supporter of Mr. Trump’s presidential run.

More: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/politics/jeff-sessions-special-counsel-russia.html?smid=tw-share

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[MelissaB]

1. Sessions is the 1st member of cabinet known to have been interviewed by Mueller.

[kentuck]

2. Bannon, now Sessions....

Pretty soon, he will be in the kitchen at the White House.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Maybe that's why Melania isn't going to Davos now.

[alittlelark]

7. ...Wow... interesting thought !!

[HipChick]

9. Hope Hicks will be serving those 'wifey' duties..

[Motley13]

4. Could he remember, recall ANYTHING????

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Exactly. The man is allowed to dribble oatmeal with his memory problems and

nothing ever happens.

[BobTheSubgenius]

40. You're right. No consequences for him....so far.

I hold out the not-unreasonable hope that RM is going to drop a very large hammer all at once, not tipping his hand early.

[padah513]

11. I bet he recalls now

One lie is all it takes to do time and personally I hope he lies his head off.

[MelissaB]

5. This article earns a "Boom!!" (biggest boom) from baby canon.

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[BumRushDaShow]

10. LOL

That guy cracks me up. Was trying to figure out the object the canon is aimed at. Maybe a piece of ice?

[QED]

23. It looks like dry ice

Very cool stuff!

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Pun intended of course.

[NewJeffCT]

26. what does the tweet say

for those of us in an office that blocks Twitter...

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Here is the text

Benjamin Wittes
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@benjaminwittes

Boom!!
Sessions Is Interviewed in Mueller’s Russia Investigation https://nyti.ms/2F7aTsR
9:52 AM - Jan 23, 2018 · Washington, DC

The graphic is the guy's short video clip of a tiny toy canon being lit and then firing something at a nearby small object, blowing up the object, and sending the little canon flying backwards.

[MelissaB]

37. Thanks!

[herding cats]

38. Me thinks Wittes has been practicing with what makes the best explosions when shot by a baby cannon.

Can you imagine what it will be when Trump is interviewed?

[ProudLib72]

42. Moldy, worm filled orange? nt

[thbobby]

6. The noose tightens around the GOP syndicate

A lot to be happy about with Keebler fellow being questioned by Mueller. His aw shucks you make me nervous act is useless against Mueller's professional team. Wonder if he was stupid enough to lie? Lots to wonder about, but anyway I think about it this is bad for Sessions. Sessions lied on disclosure forms, lied to Senate. trump, you criminal idiot, you will soon feel the noose of justice tightening around your bloated neck.

[Delphinus]

16. I had

forgotten about his lying on the disclosure forms - how is he still allowed to do that job? Because all the repubs are guilty too?

[kentuck]

12. I wonder if this is where the Christopher Wray story originated?

Where he had threatened to quit because of pressure from Trump and Sessions to fire McCade?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. No wiggle room for Sessions with Mueller.......

For Jeff Sessions to lie as he did before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Any lies to Mueller, will result in an indictment. Jeff Sessions is not off the hook here.

[DeminPennswoods]

20. Perhaps this is related, too

Last night on MSNBC, it was reported that the sentencing conference for George Papadopolous that was supposed to happen yesterday was postponed for at least a few months. Nick Ackerman was asked to comment and he said what generally happens is these sentencing meetings happen after all the cooperation the defendant agreed to is finished. That suggested that Papadopolous is still cooperating and has additional usefulness to Mueller.

IIRC, Papadopolous was in meetings with Sessions involving contacts with Russia. Sessions has claimed publically that he shot down the suggestions of meetings, but Papadopolous could contradict that. Now that Sessions has been interviewed what he said can be compared with Papadopolous' account Maybe that's why the sentencing conference was postponed.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

22. My thoughts exactly......

Ole Jefferson's undies must be in a bunch about now now that the news is out. Trump will be fuming I reckon.

[Botany]

14. Flynn, Page, Trump Jr., Ivanka, Sessions, Pence, Manafort, Tillerson and Bannon* all had ....

... or still have strong connections to Russia even prior to the election. It is almost like Putin ...
picked these people to be in a White House that he wanted to control.


* and don't forget the NRA, RNC, wikileaks, Nunues, Ryan, McConnell and Dana Rohrabacher's
Russia connections. Those unceasing and unneeded hearings into HRC used data that the
Russians stole by computer hacking.

[bdamomma]

19. it's the Russian mafia

Mr. Mueller is following the money.

[bluestarone]

15. and do you suppose he went running back

to tRump with all the questions he was asked???????

[SaintLouisBlues]

17. Mueller just wanted to know how he gets that fudge to stick to those cookies

Nothing to see here.

[bdamomma]

18. one thing about

Mr Mueller he is very thorough and determined, he is throwing out his net and pulling in some big catch. And he's not finished yet.

[gratuitous]

33. That to be sure; my takeaway is that Sessions' session wasn't publicized until today

Can you imagine the Trump administration keeping a lid on something like that over a weekend? Me neither. Mueller calls in the Attorney General for a little chat, and we don't know about it for several days.

[L. Coyote]

21. Will Sessions be indicted?

Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse of Power

...... There is absolutely no doubt Trump's motive in firing Comey was to eliminate the person investigating #TrumpRussia and to obstruct the FBI investigation. That is criminal action.

The action was taken be three persons, Trump, Sessions and Rosenstein, and therefore conspiracy statutes prevail: ...........

[triron]

27. Hope Mueller has hard evidence now.

[OnDoutside]

28. Really interesting that he said Chris Christie, when it was actually HIS lawyer

who got appointed.

[sunonmars]

24. Now we know why Trump was having a meltdown last week

[BSdetect]

25. That lying rat should get serious jail time.

[OnDoutside]

29. Logically Mueller would have statements of lower levels who discussed this with

Sessions before speaking with Sessions, so if he tries any of the "I don't recall" crap, they'll have him.

[More_Cowbell]

32. I bet that's what prompted Nunes' "memo" talk.

I also wonder, since Mueller has been pretty tight-lipped about the investigation, if he gave someone permission to "leak" the information about Sessions being interviewed.

[SeaDem55]

34. Seagal Sessions

[triron]

35. I know timinng isn't quite right but wonder whether

this has anything to do with Sessions not being invited to Camp David?

[bucolic_frolic]

36. To my ear Sessions never answers any question directly or indirectly with or without facts

I listen, I listen closely, I wonder out loud, "What did he say?"

[triron]

39. Seth Abramson:

"CONCLUSION/ This may just be the first of several Mueller-Sessions meetings, so it doesn't mean the probe is almost over, nor that Sessions won't flip on Trump—he may well do so. In any case, it's a *major* development in the Trump-Russia probe and very, very bad news for Trump."

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[FakeNoose]

43. This is Seth Abramson's entire tweet thread (long read)

Professor Abramson is so good at explaining the important legal details to us kinfolk.

I really appreciate all the trouble he goes to making this understandable. I've collected all 50 tweets into one PDF document here, so you can download and read it at your leisure.

link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/sz9m6sfgvqw6ija/Seth%20Abramson%20on%20Sessions%201-23-18.pdf

Thanks Professor Abramson for your patience and thoroughness.

[triron]

41. kick for visibility

[DeminPennswoods]

44. Mariotti's take

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