One of his meetings with the Russian ambassador was AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

[kpete]

https://thinkprogress.org/jeff-sessions-shifting-deceptive-explanations-for-his-secret-meetings-with-russia-18aad1529dd7#.836x025ck

[CincyDem]

1. Which leads to the more interesting question (maybe) of the day...

...WTF was the Russian Ambassador doing at the Republican Convention ? Overseeing the investment ?

[KeepItReal]

2. Trump took sanctions against Russian invasion of Ukraine out of GOP platform

Was that before or after the Russian ambassador got to the GOP convention?

[CincyDem]

5. Great point - had forgotten about that. Only input to the platform from Trump IIRC. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

3. And who else did he meet?

Bagman delivering envelopes to the faithful?

[KingCharlemagne]

6. Your use of the term "bagman" produced in me this

amazing frisson remembering Watergate. Most people associate it with the break-in at the eponymous hotel complex, but it was really as much a scandal about bagmen delivering contributions to Hugh Sloan for the various slush funds. Hence Deep Throat's admonition to Woodward to "follow the money."

[brooklynite]

4. Actually, Foreign representatives are generally invited to both Conventions

[Nitram]

8. Then why did Sessions lie under oath about his meetings?

He didn't forget. He just watched Flynn get fired for the same thing.

[brush]

7. Wonder what they discussed, the quality of the signage, or maybe how many balloons to drop?

[OnDoutside]

9. Even worse, the Appalling Vista, is that he met him in his Senate office to discuss the perversion

of democracy, in the United States Presidential Election, with a representative of America's fiercest enemy.

Hard to know what is more of a kick in the face.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. Leaks started the day after the RNC ended

Smoking Gun!

Sessions met with the Russians as a rep for the Trump campaign at the RNC. They started releasing their hacks the day after the RNC ended. Wow.

Trump and Sessions ordered this activity.