What Happened After Sessions Met W/ Kislyak for the 2nd Time - A LexisNexis Search

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Three days before #Sessions met w/Kislyak in September, Obama met w/Putin at the G20 summit. .. 2/
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At the G20 summit, Obama & Putin discussed sanctions that US imposed on Sept 1, which Putin said were inconsistent w/future cooperation. 3/
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On Sept 7, Dir. of National Intelligence James Clapper publicly suggested for the first time that Russia was behind the DNC hack. 4/
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Then, on Sept. 8 - the day of the #Sessions/Kislyak meeting - Trump told a Russian TV network he didn't think Russia was behind the hack. 5/
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The same day (9/8) that #Sessions met w/Kislyak, Trump suggested it would be "wonderful" if we had a relationship with Russia... 6/
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Also on the same day (9/8) that #Sessions met w/Kislyak, both Trump AND Pence heaped praise on Putin & his leadership style. 7/
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And (here it is), on the same day that #Sessions met w/Kislyak, Russia suddenly became optimistic about building good relations w/the US, 8/
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So at the start of the wk, Russia wasn't optimistic abt cooperation. After #Sessions-Kislyak mtg, that changed, 9/
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And then, 5 days after #Sessions-Kislyak meeting, guess what happened? Hacked DNC emails were released. 10/
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Caroline O.? @RVAwonk 9h9 hours ago
Coincidences. Take. Planning. -X-
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