just heard on MSNBC (The Last Word)

[triron]

that Sessions lawyers says Sessions is NOT under investigation for perjury by Mueller.
(His lawyer said that came from the Special counsel's office.)

Takes on that?

[hlthe2b]

1. typical response from a defense lawyer... No way of knowing...

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Sounds like a Deal!

Sessions saving his ass, sorry




















Sessions talking with











































mueller

[riversedge]

3. I read the long NYT account.....[here]

Basically Sessions played dumb and talked his way out of any charges. IMHO...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/politics/sessions-fbi-investigation-perjury.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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nytimes.com

F.B.I. Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials
Adam Goldman, Katie Benner and Matt Apuzzo
7-8 minutes

[YessirAtsaFact]

4. Its at least as likely that Sessions lawyer lied

As it is for Mueller’s team to leak info.

[triron]

5. My thinking is similar. What about the idea that Mueller doesn't want Sessions gone?

..for obvious reasons?

[YessirAtsaFact]

6. Its certainly possible that Mueller wants Sessions to stay where he is

It seems that Mueller would be thinking strategically regarding who gets indicted when.

Indicting the 13 Russians and 3 companies ended the hoax meme.

I suspect Mueller already has a dead-bang case against Trump for obstruction of justice. He won’t bring that case first.

He will wait until he has a bombshell indictment or indictments on the conspiracy with Russia front or money laundering, a bomb too big for the RW echo chamber to explain away.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. Parsing... Sessions may not be under investigation for Perjury by Mueller...

But the Elf's lawyer DIDN'T say that Sessions WASN'T under investigation by someone else at the DOJ, did he?

[Initech]

8. Oh come on it's the Trump administration. They lie like this guy does:

[Demovictory9]

9. he should be

[MLAA]

10. Perhaps he isnt currently under investigation because....

it is already complete and the Elf flipped.

[pnwmom]

11. I think Louise Mensch's take makes sense.

I've hoped for some time that Sessions began cooperating with Mueller a long time ago. It would explain his stubbornness in staying on, despite all the abuse.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Louise Mensch
✔@LouiseMensch

Jeff Sessions had no choice in the matter of firing McCabe, because of the Inspector General's report.

I would caution everybody into reading too much into this. Russia wants @JeffSessions gone.


If Andy McCabe opened a criminal investigation into Jeff Sessions but Mueller told Sessions lawyer that it had been closed, it was closed ***for a reason*** folks. And the reason wasn't "McCabe got it wrong, Sessions was transparent with Congress"


Everybody stop and think for a moment.
Compartmentalization is real. @Comey compartmentalized like a champ. I don't think McCabe was read in on Sessions. Hence McCabe's opening of a probe, and its being closed again by Bobby III Sticks. SAIC Charlie Kable didn't open a probe

Louise Mensch

You haven't seen @Comey complain about the firing of Andy McCabe because he knows perfectly well that the IG report tied Sessions' hands.

Anybody looking to drag down Sessions is doing Putin's work for him. Complain to and about Horowitz, if you want to; not Sessions. #McCabe

PS: just to confuse you guys even more, I have zero time for Jeff Sessions, but the man was pictured dining with Rosenstein for a reason, gang.

Steady as she goes, chaps. Hold your fire. We're getting to the end of this terrible period of US history now. Stay frosty.

[TeamPooka]

12. McCabe didn't say it was a Special Counsel investigation. He said it was an FBI perjury probe.

It sounded like a regular investigation, like the one they did into Hillary's emails.

[pnwmom]

13. I think he lied about his contacts with the Russians during the campaign,

so that would have been part of Mueller's territory.

[TeamPooka]

15. He certainly could have brought it into his purview

[OnDoutside]

14. I agree. However, Mueller wouldn't tell a target they were being investigated, would he ?