In light of WaPo scoop on Sessions conversations w/Kislyak-worth recalling THIS moment from Comey...

[kpete]

Link to tweet

Sessions said he didn't commit perjury initially b/c his mtg w/ Kislyak wasn't campaign-related.
So he perjured himself to excuse perjury.

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Very revealing comment

[rzemanfl]

2. K&R Connecting the dots continues. These fuckers lie all the time.

I long for the days when a missing blonde girl could dominate the news cycle.

[ffr]

11. +!

[magicarpet]

18. Makes one long for the days of....

..... some juicy gossip about the Kardashian's clan or some detailed and exhaustive report on the day to day happenings of the life of Honey Boo Boo.

No not really.

But could dumpster fire and constant blazing inferno just have a heart attack or something ?

[L. Coyote]

3. How much more information is being held by IC? Everything Kislyak ever said. Think about it.

Link to tweet

[PearliePoo2]

4. So do I understand this correctly? Someone in IC leaked to WaPo?

The Russian Ambassador's communications were intercepted (makes sense, of course), and they had the goods on Sessions all along. It has now been leaked to WaPo?
Jesus, my head is spinning!

[thesquanderer]

7. Here's the info...

Here's the link to the story

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-discussed-trump-campaign-related-matters-with-russian-ambassador-us-intelligence-intercepts-show/2017/07/21/3e704692-6e44-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html

It says "according to current and former U.S. officials."

[lastlib]

12. "...current and former U.S. officials."

Our own people are disclosing the fact that we intercept Russian ambassadorial communications?? What idiot would do that just to bring down a Cabinet officer?

I'm REAL suspicious of the authenticity of this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Well known for a long time that ambassadorial communication are intercepted in different ways.

A little suspicion / caution is almost always a good idea. But I think you can relax your vigilance on this report.

[Thirties Child]

27. The current U.S. official almost certainly lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

This could be - almost certainly is - his way of forcing Sessions to resign. In which case he can bring in an attorney general who will fire Mueller. When the Thursday interview with the NYT didn't force a resignation, the next step was the Post.

[Hestia]

31. Me too. How do we know this is not Russia/Putin/Kislyack not trying to further muddy the waters?

They too, I would think, want to get rid of Sessions so Drumpf would hire a new AG, who would then fire Mueller, which plays into Russia's hands.

I'm not jumping on this news. As they say, casting a jaundiced eye upon it.

[oxbow]

34. Perhaps you answered your own question

As in, the kind of idiot who wants to fire sessions and install someone who has not recused him/herself from firing mueller...

[Gothmog]

5. Comey's testimony is very interesting in light of the latest story

[Stuart G]

6. Sessions needs some jail time...maybe that would teach him to tell the truth....nt

[magicarpet]

20. "The best people"..... I tell you......"You can believe me I find the very best people".....

Can you actually believe that this prevaricating liar Jeff Sessions is the top law enforcement officer of the land ?

Tr-dump is right the world is laughing at America..... because of the asinine stuff tr-dump does.

[tblue37]

22. As AG he has directed prosecutors to always charge the most serious crime possible

and to pursue the most severe punishments.

I hope that directive is followed with his crimes.

[tiredtoo]

8. This fits into Trump's plan

Plan to eliminate Sessions and get someone in there that will fire Mueller.

[Scarsdale]

10. He will have trouble

getting one of his toadys confirmed. Sessions only managed to squeek by with lying. Who the HELL is running this country - the RUSSIANS??

[lastlib]

33. One stratagem mentioned:....

McConnell calls the Senate to adjourn. During their recess, Ferret-head fires Beauregard, and can now make a recess appointment, naming somebody who will pull the trigger on Mueller. Voila, the Reichstag Firing.......

[Ligyron]

15. BINGO!

I mean, how obvious or at least he'll try to anyway.

[ffr]

9. "if true..." No, if true, it's the second case of collusion between campaign and Russians

There was coordination and collusion. Bottom line.

[mountain grammy]

13. That lying little creep.. and he wants to imprison pot smokers

while he sells out America. A guillotine is too good for these traitors.

[mucifer]

26. Privatize the prison system privatize the Afghan war.

Evil little sh-ts all of em.

[Duppers]

36. Truly! And he needs to lose assets!

[riversedge]

16. k and R

[greymattermom]

17. How does the memory thing work?

If someone testifies that he can't recall something, then later does something proving that he does recall it, is that perjury? Can you always say you don't recall something, or is there every any recourse?

[Nitram]

19. Yup. Comey was fired because he knew to much and couldn't be bought.

[magicarpet]

21. The King has disclosed his royal decree....

The King will not be subjected to oversight or scrutiny..... PERIOD !

[Nitram]

23. Nor will he be subjected to criticism. He wants to be the autocratic dictator of this country.

Throw enemies in jail for a tweet he doesn't like.

[FakeNoose]

24. ... and he wouldn't take the loyalty oath

Comey is no friend to the Democratic Party, we all know that.

But he is a good American and tried to do his job under enormous odds. He had the goods on Trump and several others, and all that evidence has been preserved for Mueller to use when the time comes.

[Nitram]

25. I reluctantly agree. I despised Comey for what he did to Clinton, and he hasn't

yet made up for that - he couldn't unless the election was retroactively decided in Clinton's favor due to fraud on the part of the winner. But he has proven to be a mensch and a true American.

[mucifer]

28. But, imagine is it possible Clinton could be president if Comey didn't do what he did?

[Nitram]

30. I think it is entirely possible. Clinton's number went down significantly when Comey

announced that the investigation into Clinton's emails was continuing and "new evidence" had been found.Remember, this happened on October 30. We voted on November 8.

[wishstar]

29. Comey told Senators about Sessions/Kislyak in closed door meeting after his public hearing

There was already a leak from what Comey disclosed privately to Senators right after Comey's closed door session, that Sessions had a 3rd undisclosed meeting with Kislyak in April 2016 at Mayflower Hotel event. But the content of Kislyak/Sessions talk was not revealed publicly. That closed door meeting precipitated Sessions' public testimony where he claimed to not remember anything about the Kislyak conversations.

[Solly Mack]

32. K&R

[Duppers]

35. Was talking with the hubs yesterday about

this part of Comey's testimony. It was telling us another shoe was going to drop at some future date.