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Poor Jeff Sessions - 11/14/2017 4:17:16 PM

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Sessions resists GOP pressure on Clinton probe

Sessions resists GOP pressure on Clinton probe
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday resisted calls from Republicans that he appoint a second special counsel to investigate a slate of conservative allegations related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In a marathon appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, the pressure the former Alabama senator faces from his own party and the White House was at the forefront even as he endured tough questions from Democrats.

The most memorable exchange of the day came when Sessions told a testy Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a leading voice among House conservatives, that it would take “a factual basis that meets the standard of a special counsel” for the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor.

“We will use the proper standards and that’s the only thing I can tell you, Mr. Jordan,” Sessions said. “You can have your idea, but sometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets the standards it requires.”
Sessions on Tuesday did not entirely close the door to a probe and later clarified that he had made no “prejudgment” on the need for a new special counsel.

He testified that he has directed senior Justice Department prosecutors to “evaluate” the concerns raised by conservatives — including whether any merit the appointment of a special counsel.

But it was apparent throughout the five-and-a-half-hour hearing that his refusal so far to appoint a special prosecutor is frustrating Republicans.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in his opening statement zeroed in on his own stymied demands for a special counsel — and Sessions’s decision to recuse himself from the Justice Department's Russia probe, which has soured his relationship with President Trump.

“You have recused yourself from matters stemming from the 2016 election, but there are significant concerns that the partisanship of the FBI and the department has weakened the ability of each to act objectively,” Goodlatte said.

As special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has escalated, Sessions has come under pressure from Trump himself to take action against Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.

On Nov. 3, shortly before leaving for a nearly two-week trip to Asia, Trump told reporters that the Justice Department should be “looking at” Clinton and the Democrats.

Asked if he would fire Sessions if the Justice Department didn’t have agents investigate the Democratic National Committee, Trump responded, “I don’t know.”

“A lot of people are disappointed in the Justice Department, including me,” he said.

House Republicans have urged Justice to investigate putative wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation, as well as the 2010 sale of a Toronto-based uranium company with U.S. holdings to a Russian state-owned firm — a sale Trump has also repeatedly highlighted.

They have also demanded a probe into how the Obama Justice Department handled the investigation into Clinton’s private email server, something the department's inspector general is currently investigating.

Conservative media has amplified the pressure on Sessions, setting up a drumbeat of demands for a second special prosecutor.

It all made for a grueling day for the beleaguered attorney general. The sudden pressure from Republicans — along with hours of tough questions from Democrats on alleged discrepancies in his previous congressional testimonies — left Sessions on the defensive and highlighted his perilous standing in the administration.

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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/360369-sessions-resists-gop-pressure-on-clinton-probe

Lying his ass off is one thing, but he really upset jim jordan,
video of the specific part of the testimony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp_PjjgKto8

the whole hearing was interesting. but he took a beating from both sides.

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RE: Poor Jeff Sessions - 11/14/2017 9:05:56 PM

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Why do you say, poor Jeff Sessions ? He is doing his job. He is not doing the bidding of the GOP. Maybe Loretta Lynch should take note.

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RE: Poor Jeff Sessions - 11/15/2017 5:55:43 AM

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Because he is getting shit from all sides, including his own,
Giving his response about needing a "factual basis that meets the standard of a special counsel" has upset hilary haters over uranium one, including trump, but yes, he is "doing his job" Im glad of it. so far
But his "I cant recall" bullshit, has proven to be bullshit how many times now???

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Loretta Lynch is not the attorney general.
Sessions is
the plane meeting yes looked bad because of the outcome of the "trial" against hils, but again, as much as the GOP tried, they still have nothing evidence wise of wrong doing, just assumptions and not even close to what sessions cant recall, or lied about in his statements to the intel committees and even at his hearing to be installed as AG.
Loretta Lynch also had nothing to do with russians, nor uranium one, see if you can stick to the topic without comparing apples to oranges..

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RE: Poor Jeff Sessions - 11/15/2017 9:25:21 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Because he is getting shit from all sides, including his own,
Giving his response about needing a "factual basis that meets the standard of a special counsel" has upset hilary haters over uranium one, including trump, but yes, he is "doing his job" Im glad of it. so far
But his "I cant recall" bullshit, has proven to be bullshit how many times now???

PS
Loretta Lynch is not the attorney general.
Sessions is
the plane meeting yes looked bad because of the outcome of the "trial" against hils, but again, as much as the GOP tried, they still have nothing evidence wise of wrong doing, just assumptions and not even close to what sessions cant recall, or lied about in his statements to the intel committees and even at his hearing to be installed as AG.
Loretta Lynch also had nothing to do with russians, nor uranium one, see if you can stick to the topic without comparing apples to oranges..

But you see that's all the right has anymore. Because of the politically distasteful, thin air at the top and how Trump has simply replacing his wretched swamp for the bipartisan swamp, all they have is Hillary Obama...Hillary...Obama and their hirlings.

Never mind that for 6 years the repubs denigrated, insulted, blocked and otherwise put party, partisanship and obstruction ahead of country, makes them as guilty and even more damaging (or successful if you are on the right) than any democratic partisanship I've seen since Nixon.

Like stink on shit, the repubs have been all over the dems with anything at all they think they have or can even imply, promulgate and even finance a civil suit...since 1992 and the election of Bill Clinton.

The dems do have their problems but give the repubs some credit for their sincere fealty to partisan, power politics, they are 24/7 liars, cheap shot political opportunists and of course, hypocrites.

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