Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions
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An American lobbyist for Russian interests who helped craft an important foreign policy speech for Donald Trump has confirmed that he attended two dinners hosted by Jeff Sessions during the 2016 campaign, apparently contradicting the attorney general’s sworn testimony given this week.
Sessions testified under oath on Tuesday that he did not believe he had any contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests over the course of Trump’s campaign. But Richard Burt, a former ambassador to Germany during the Reagan administration, who has represented Russian interests in Washington, told the Guardian that he could confirm previous media reports that stated he had contacts with Sessions at the time.
“I did attend two dinners with groups of former Republican foreign policy officials and Senator Sessions,” Burt said.
Asked whether Sessions was unfamiliar with Burt’s role as a lobbyist for Russian interests – a fact that is disclosed in public records – or had any reason to be confused about the issue, Burt told the Guardian that he did not know.
Several media reports published before Trump’s election in November noted that Burt advised then candidate Trump on his first major foreign policy speech, a role that brought him into contact with Sessions personally.
Burt, who previously served on the advisory board of Alfa Capital Partners, a private equity fund where Russia’s Alfa Bank was an investor and last year was lobbying on behalf of a pipeline company that is now controlled by Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled energy conglomerate, first told Politico in October that he had been invited to two dinners that were hosted by Sessions last summer, at the height of the presidential campaign.
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[URL="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/15/lobbyist-russian-interests-jeff-sessions-testimony"]The Guardian[/URL]
Alfa Bank. The same bank mentioned in the Steele Dossier that was in constant communication with Trump tower.
I'm unsure if this has more to do with senility or collusion.
So did sessions lie under oath
Can something finally happen now?!
Every day something new, none of it looking good for the Trump administration.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;52363526]So did sessions lie under oath[/QUOTE]
He probably [I]couldn't recall[/I] all these meetings.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;52363526]So did sessions lie under oath[/QUOTE]
Depends on the wording he used.
[QUOTE=The Vman;52363594]He probably [I]couldn't recall[/I] all these meetings.[/QUOTE]
This is honestly why he said that repeatedly.
He knew he was lying, but because he said he [I]couldn't remember[/I] then they can't get him for perjury... on those parts.
They can however get him on the fact that he said outright that he did NOT have contact with russian lobbying interests*
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Let me state this clearly: I have never met with or had any conversations with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election. Further, I have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the Trump campaign.[/quote]
*concerning interference...
Unless that lobbyist can produce transcripts involving the election in conversation, this doesn't really do much for us. Sessions will just fall back on "Well okay fine I had dinner repeatedly with the dude but I don't [I]recall[/I] ever talking about whether or not I'd sell out our country for a fine slavic hooker"
"BUT IF IT HAD COME UP, I'd know it was inappropriate and allegations of this are a detestable lie"
[QUOTE=Lambeth;52363526]So did sessions lie under oath[/QUOTE]
Unless you can prove he actually CAN recall, probably not. Genius move. You can't lie if you don't answer
[QUOTE=TheTalon;52363682]Unless you can prove he actually CAN recall, probably not. Genius move. You can't lie if you don't answer[/QUOTE]
And lying by omission is hard to prove if you say "you don't remember"
[QUOTE=The Vman;52363594]He probably [I]couldn't recall[/I] all these meetings.[/QUOTE]
Everyone in this administration is arguing they're too incompetent to break the law.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;52363782]Everyone in this administration is arguing they're too incompetent to break the law.[/QUOTE]
If they're gonna plead insanity/incompetency then they should be found unfit to hold their positions.
But Citizens United and fucktons of cash says otherwise.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;52363526]So did sessions lie under oath[/QUOTE]
lets ask the AG to investigate.
This guy is an american lobbyist, dunno what the scope of the contact they were asking him about was, I thought it was just Russian officials.
holy shit that dossier just gets more of it confirmed and confirmed again
please tell me the whole pissing thing wasn't a hoax either and is actually from the same dossier. please. this has to be true lmfao
[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;52364183]holy shit that dossier just gets more of it confirmed and confirmed again
please tell me the whole pissing thing wasn't a hoax either and is actually from the same dossier. please. this has to be true lmfao[/QUOTE]
I believe it was all from the Steele dossier.
[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;52364183]holy shit that dossier just gets more of it confirmed and confirmed again
please tell me the whole pissing thing wasn't a hoax either and is actually from the same dossier. please. this has to be true lmfao[/QUOTE]
Remember that Trump made the specific denial to Comey that he wasn't involved with any hookers. Allegedly.
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