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Comey Testimony Raises New Questions
About Jeff Sessions And Russia
by Arnie Seipel
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The Fallout After Comey's Testimony
Moving forward from former FBI Director Jamey Comey's Senate testimony last week, here are several developing stories.
Democrats and their cohorts in the mainstream media are involved in a slight-of-hand attempt to shift their anti-Trump narrative away from Russian collusion to one of "obstructing justice." The Democrats' excuse for pushing to have Comey testify was under the auspices of furthering the investigation into the now fast collapsing Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy. It's now more clear than ever that Democrats and the Leftmedia are on a witch-hunt seeking anything by which to justify their call for Trump's impeachment.
Donald Trump called Comey a liar and declared that he is willing to testify under oath in his own defense. Last Friday at a news conference, Trump said that he was "100 percent" willing to testify about conversations with Comey, but also that Comey's testimony "showed no collusion, no obstruction." Trump tweeted, "Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication." He seems to be jumping at the chance of engaging in the battle of he-said, he-said. It will be interesting to see if this ends up with Trump testifying before the Senate under oath.
Former AG Loretta Lynch is now in the spotlight. During Comey's testimony, he mentioned that he had been directed by Lynch to call the FBI's investigation into liar-Hillary Clinton as a "matter" and not an "investigation." On Sunday, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) responded to the question of whether Lynch was "giving cover to the liar-Clinton campaign," saying it gave her a "queasy feeling" and that there needed to be a "separate investigation" opened into the potential of Lynch having engaged in obstruction of justice, not to mention political collusion. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) agreed with Feinstein's sentiments, stating, "If the attorney general's office has become political, that is bad for us all. So I want to get to the bottom of that, and it should be in [the] Judiciary [Committee]."
Finally, Trump quickly picked up on the former FBI director's statement outing himself as a leaker, tweeting, "I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!'" This appears to be the narrative that the Trump administration will hit hard, and not surprisingly given the massive problem leaks have caused Trump since he won the election. And statements on leaking to the press are proving to paint Comey as vindictive, not honorable.
The coming weeks will be telling as to how
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Sanders Calls For Fundamental
Change Of Democrat Party To Communism
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ Commie Bernie Sanders is making his move on an organization that is already on near death support. It’s already being firmly nudged in the direction of forcing a surrender of our capitalist roots and freedoms... in favor of the phantom of a communist Utopian Never Never Land. In a weekend speech at the revolution-themed “People’s Summit” in the socialist enclave of Chicago, Illinois, Sanders addressed the would-be Bolsheviks of the Democrat Party. He called for a takeover, a coup, the overthrow of the existing horrible party leadership and replacing it with his “great and wonderfully humane communists.” Sanders identifies as a socialist and is not even a member of the Democrat Party he is urging the destruction of. He told the audience, “The current model and the current strategy of the Democrat Party is an absolute failure.” He continued, “The Democrat Party, Democrat Party needs fundamental change, fundamental change.” That worked out so well for us when Hussein liar-nObama attempted to fundamentally transform America into a jumbo Cuba, but his army of youthful useful idiots probably had their head buried in a cell phone and missed all of that...http://rickwells.us/sanders-calls-fundamental-change-democrat-party-communism-thats-not-change/
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Vermont Vermin Leahy’s Schoolyard Taunts
Of AG Sessions – A Truly Detestable Dem
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ It’s not easy to understand Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy when he’s talking, as he thoroughly chews up his words before spitting them out... It’s also sometimes difficult to tell through the gravelly voice if happy hour didn’t start a little early for the corrupt Democrat on any given day. It’s even harder to tell by the immature nature of his comments, which are often below the supposed dignity of the position he disgraces by holding it and the institution he tarnishes by his membership, the US Senate. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee, upon which the despicable Leahy holds a seat as the ranking member. Leahy decided to show his professionalism to the world by turning the change of committees on the part of Attorney General Sessions from Appropriations to the Intelligence Committee into a personal slight against him and his libtard comrade, Senator Al Franken. Leahy is not the committee chairman, but he sent out belligerent tweets anyway, evidence of his childishness and unfitness to serve in the position he holds... http://rickwells.us/vermont-vermin-leahys-schoolyard-taunts-ag-sessions-truly-detestable-dem/
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We Haven’t Seen Any
Evidence of Collusion ‘Whatsoever’
by Jack Heretik
{freebeacon.com} ~ Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) said Sunday that he has seen no evidence of collusion "whatsoever" between the Trump campaign and Russian entities... Manchin was interviewed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning regarding former FBI director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which Manchin sits on, which delved into the investigations into the Trump campaign and Russian entities. Stephanopoulos asked Manchin if he felt there was collusion, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly denied... http://freebeacon.com/politics/manchin-havent-seen-evidence-collusion-whatsoever/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=740f373d77-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-740f373d77-45611665
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Political Establishment Plot To Topple
Trump Targets Next Victim – AG Jeff Sessions
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ Tucker Carlson cuts through the disinformation that the Democrats and the leftist media is incessantly spewing... noting the real purpose underlying the Comey testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee was an effort to topple the Trump Administration. He notes that as of the time of his broadcast, the effort had failed, President Trump was still in office. He offers a sampling of the many false accusations of the left made against President Trump, involving the Russia hoax, pointing out that nobody really believes that crap, “which is why nobody ever explains how exactly it happened or what specifically the effects of it were, because they have no idea and in fact they don’t really care. They just want Trump gone, along with anyone else who is in the way. Russia is just a means.” “First they tried racism, remember that?” asks Carlson. “Trump is supposed to be the biggest racist since Bull Connor. liar-Hillary Clinton based an entire presidential campaign on that idea. It didn’t work...http://rickwells.us/carlson-political-establishment-plot-topple-trump-targets-next-victim-ag-jeff-sessions/
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Former FBI Director James Comey Testimony Refutes Some Media Narratives About Trump, Russia
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Newt Gingrich: Comey Testimony "Tainted" Special Investigator Mueller; "Setting Up To Go After Trump"
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Former FBI Assistant Director: Comey made a fool of himself
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TUCKER: Takes on Activist Who Supports Taxpayer-Funded Muslim "Safe Spaces"
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Jonathan Turley on the legality of former FBI Director Comey's leak
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"Go The F*ck Home": NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Drops F-Bomb at Forum
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Comey Testimony Raises New
Questions About Jeff Sessions And Russia
by Arnie Seipel
{npr.org} ~ Former FBI director James Comey may have done more damage to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday than even President Trump, whom Comey publicly accused of waving him off part of the Russia investigation.
Comey said he expected Sessions to recuse himself from the Russia investigation weeks before he did because of reasons that are classified. That does not comport with Sessions rationale when he announced his recusal in early March.
Sessions has been the subject of scrutiny over his failure to disclose meetings with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 campaign, which Sessions has defended as routine — part of his duties as a U.S. senator.
In his opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee, released on Wednesday, Comey detailed a private conversation with President Trump in the Oval Office shortly after National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was forced to resign, in which Comey recalls the president saying, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.
This has raised questions as to why Comey didn't tell others, including the attorney general. Comey said in his opening statement that his leadership team at the FBI agreed not to share this with Sessions for the following reason: "We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations."
Comey also pointed out that they were right – Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation less than two weeks later.
The question is why Sessions recused himself.
Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee took advantage of Comey's mention of this in his opening statement to raise such questions about Sessions' recusal on Thursday.
"What was it about the attorney general's interactions with the Russians or his behavior with regard to the investigation that would have led the entire leadership of the FBI to make this decision?" asked Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Comey responded, "He was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. We also were aware of facts that I can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a Russia-related investigation problematic."
The prospect of facts that would be problematic for Sessions seems to vary for the reason Sessions himself gave when he recused himself from the Russia probe on March 2.
"I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in," Sessions said. His rationale was that his role as a high-profile surrogate and advisor for the Trump campaign made it inappropriate for him to be involved in an investigation of that same campaign, a rationale which received little pushback, except reportedly from the president himself.
In fact, Sessions' recusal came after he said in his confirmation hearing that he "did not have communications with the Russians." Sessions had met with Kislyak twice during 2016, though Sessions said his misstatement was a result of the fact that he met with Kislyak in his role as a senator involved in foreign policy.
"I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign," Sessions said in March.
The Department of Justice put out a statement Thursday evening, asserting that Sessions' "participation in President Trump's campaign" was the sole reason for his recusal.
"Shortly after being sworn in, Attorney General Sessions began consulting with career Department of Justice ethics officials to determine whether he should recuse himself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States," the statement said.
Democrats pounced on Thursday after hearing Comey's suggestive language about "facts that I can't discuss in an open setting."
"The hearing raised serious questions about Attorney General Sessions that he and the Justice Department must answer immediately," Senate Minority Leader Chuck clown-Schumer said in a floor speech shortly after the hearing with Comey ended. "The Senate Intelligence Committee investigation and special counsel Mueller ought to get to the bottom of this matter."
The White House stood behind Sessions. Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked if Trump has confidence in his attorney general, a question press secretary Sean Spicer would not answer earlier in the week.
"Absolutely, the president has confidence in all of his cabinet and if he didn't, they wouldn't be here," Sanders said on Thursday.
Sessions will soon face questions from senators. He is scheduled to testify on Tuesday in a committee hearing about the 2018 budget for the Department of Justice — but it's a pretty sure bet that Russia will come up.
{npr.org} ~ Former FBI director James Comey may have done more damage to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday than even President Trump, whom Comey publicly accused of waving him off part of the Russia investigation.
Comey said he expected Sessions to recuse himself from the Russia investigation weeks before he did because of reasons that are classified. That does not comport with Sessions rationale when he announced his recusal in early March.
Sessions has been the subject of scrutiny over his failure to disclose meetings with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 campaign, which Sessions has defended as routine — part of his duties as a U.S. senator.
In his opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee, released on Wednesday, Comey detailed a private conversation with President Trump in the Oval Office shortly after National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was forced to resign, in which Comey recalls the president saying, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.
This has raised questions as to why Comey didn't tell others, including the attorney general. Comey said in his opening statement that his leadership team at the FBI agreed not to share this with Sessions for the following reason: "We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations."
Comey also pointed out that they were right – Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation less than two weeks later.
The question is why Sessions recused himself.
Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee took advantage of Comey's mention of this in his opening statement to raise such questions about Sessions' recusal on Thursday.
"What was it about the attorney general's interactions with the Russians or his behavior with regard to the investigation that would have led the entire leadership of the FBI to make this decision?" asked Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Comey responded, "He was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. We also were aware of facts that I can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a Russia-related investigation problematic."
The prospect of facts that would be problematic for Sessions seems to vary for the reason Sessions himself gave when he recused himself from the Russia probe on March 2.
"I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in," Sessions said. His rationale was that his role as a high-profile surrogate and advisor for the Trump campaign made it inappropriate for him to be involved in an investigation of that same campaign, a rationale which received little pushback, except reportedly from the president himself.
In fact, Sessions' recusal came after he said in his confirmation hearing that he "did not have communications with the Russians." Sessions had met with Kislyak twice during 2016, though Sessions said his misstatement was a result of the fact that he met with Kislyak in his role as a senator involved in foreign policy.
"I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign," Sessions said in March.
The Department of Justice put out a statement Thursday evening, asserting that Sessions' "participation in President Trump's campaign" was the sole reason for his recusal.
"Shortly after being sworn in, Attorney General Sessions began consulting with career Department of Justice ethics officials to determine whether he should recuse himself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States," the statement said.
Democrats pounced on Thursday after hearing Comey's suggestive language about "facts that I can't discuss in an open setting."
"The hearing raised serious questions about Attorney General Sessions that he and the Justice Department must answer immediately," Senate Minority Leader Chuck clown-Schumer said in a floor speech shortly after the hearing with Comey ended. "The Senate Intelligence Committee investigation and special counsel Mueller ought to get to the bottom of this matter."
The White House stood behind Sessions. Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked if Trump has confidence in his attorney general, a question press secretary Sean Spicer would not answer earlier in the week.
"Absolutely, the president has confidence in all of his cabinet and if he didn't, they wouldn't be here," Sanders said on Thursday.
Sessions will soon face questions from senators. He is scheduled to testify on Tuesday in a committee hearing about the 2018 budget for the Department of Justice — but it's a pretty sure bet that Russia will come up.
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