Chris Cillizza: Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble. Bigly.

[brooklynite]

Washington Post:

You can tell how much trouble a Washington politician is in by how forcefully his (or her) allies push back in the immediate aftermath of a bombshell negative story. By that measure, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in big, big trouble.

In the 12-ish hours since The Post published a story that details two conversations Sessions had with the Russian ambassador to the United States, discussions that run directly counter to statements the then-Alabama senator made during his confirmation hearings, the defense of Sessions has been weak. And that's being kind.

Sessions himself — as expertly documented here by Aaron Blake — is responding by not really responding, setting up a straw man and then knocking it down with no real effect. “I never met with any Russian officials to discuss the issues of the campaign,” Sessions said in a statement released through a spokesman. That is a denial — just not of what The Post is reporting, which is simply that Sessions met with Sergey Kislyak twice in 2016 despite insisting he had no contact with Russia over that time.

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Remember that the first rule of politics is survival. Every politician — or at least the ones who last — get up every morning, read the news and think about potential threats to their professional well-being. The fact that Sessions didn't tell the truth — whether he forgot the truth or purposely obfuscated is up for discussion — about his contacts with the Russian ambassador in 2016 is a very tough one to defend. And politicians tend not to hunker down in politically indefensible positions.

[gopiscrap]

1. nail that racist, treasonous fucker

[uponit7771]

2. +1

[OKNancy]

3. good to see Cillizza going after something besides Hillary's emails

but considering his past writing, I take this with a grain of salt

[AJT]

4. Ted Cruz being an exception.

[HopeAgain]

5. Jeez Trump must be jonesing to tweet real bad...

Republican leadership has something on him for sure. "Stay silent or we will appoint an independent investigation." He's never been under this much control before, ever.

[Sunlei]

9. actually trumps maga twitter is spamming old hillary hate fake news over& over to distract

Sessions probably lied about Russian involvement to trump just like Flynn did.

t(R)ump's just a patsy to the experienced Republicans. a bagger-collector. He's not in the inner-loop of the Republican party.

[TexasProgresive]

6. BIG LEAGUE TROUBLE

OBAMA NEVER HAD GREAT SCANDALS, SAD!
LOOK WHAT I DID IN MY FIRST 40 DAYS! @realdonaldtrump

[wcast]

11. That is so hilarious.

Especially because I can imagine him tweeting this.

[TexasProgresive]

12. I always wonder about people who get my

twisted sense of humor! Just kidding, it's nice to know that I'm not alone inside my head. Thanks

[LonePirate]

7. What? Cillizza stopped fellating 45 to write this? Or was it ghost written because he's "busy?"

[Sunlei]

8. Sessions has to be fired immediately. A deposition isn't needed because he lied in his hearing.

Bring back Yates, she should have NEVER been fired.

[sarcasmo]

10. Save the weed, shit can this fool.