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Whoa! Sessions used campaign funds. Look out below: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Mar 2017 OP
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2017 #1
Well, it defines the character of the trip, doesn't it? Ilsa Mar 2017 #2
He is in a huge trap now. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #3
Ruh-roh C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #4
Guess you can't act MFM008 Mar 2017 #5
What a 24 hours it has been, wow!! - and now this sweet morsel? Thanks, Kingofall! eom Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author NightWatcher Mar 2017 #7
Oh please please please let it be so.... AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #8
+ zentrum Mar 2017 #13
It was the RNC. Would it be unusual to use campaign funds? Barack_America Mar 2017 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author truebluegreen Mar 2017 #10
he claimed that when he met with the ambassador, he was acting as a senator.... spanone Mar 2017 #16
I've also seen that it wasn't a planned interaction... Barack_America Mar 2017 #18
Mendacity malaise Mar 2017 #42
sleazebaggery & republicans Achilleaze Mar 2017 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Mar 2017 #11
His own or Trump's? truebluegreen Mar 2017 #12
His own per the article. herding cats Mar 2017 #17
Thanks! truebluegreen Mar 2017 #20
K&R bdamomma Mar 2017 #14
that's what you meant to say, right jeff? you were acting as a senator, right jeff? spanone Mar 2017 #15
been switching back and forth between cnn/msnbc since about 5pm today. Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #19
Big NONO? Cha Mar 2017 #21
means he cant pretend he was acting as a senator. mopinko Mar 2017 #25
Hehe.. Mahalo, MO! Cha Mar 2017 #26
Not a no-no, really. herding cats Mar 2017 #27
Thank you for that, too! Cha Mar 2017 #34
From the WSJ no less... Catherine Vincent Mar 2017 #22
This is getting better and better. Really, really good. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #23
Wow. Hey, that last quote- where did it come from? joet67 Mar 2017 #24
It's from John Schindler's twitter feed. herding cats Mar 2017 #29
Thank you so much! I'm off to locate it... joet67 Mar 2017 #30
I added a link. herding cats Mar 2017 #32
Ok thank you! nt joet67 Mar 2017 #38
Mahalo, herding! Cha Mar 2017 #33
My pleasure, Cha! herding cats Mar 2017 #36
Who is going to prosecute him? BainsBane Mar 2017 #39
I don't see him being prosecuted in the near future either. herding cats Mar 2017 #40
Yeah, really.. who said that? Probably "anonymous".. Cha Mar 2017 #31
Anonymous intelligent source--often repeated by Olbermann. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #35
Burn in hell, you evil bastard! smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #28
Which intelligence official? BainsBane Mar 2017 #37
Don't know. It was a quote from an article retweeted by Olbermann. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #43
So, he either lied about speaking to the Russian in his OnDoutside Mar 2017 #41
Republican Bagman FakeNoose Mar 2017 #45
....... raven mad Mar 2017 #46
Lock him up! Dopers_Greed Mar 2017 #47
Jail shenmue Mar 2017 #48
"Follow the money" - nt KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #49
For some mysterious reason, the WSJ excerpt, that appears on the DU homepage Mc Mike Mar 2017 #50

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
2. Well, it defines the character of the trip, doesn't it?
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:13 PM
Mar 2017

I wonder if he's going to correct his fec filings along with his senate confirmation testimony?

Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Response to Barack_America (Reply #9)

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
18. I've also seen that it wasn't a planned interaction...
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:01 AM
Mar 2017

...that he was essentially "cornered".

I'm sure that will be the excuse for this.

Response to Kingofalldems (Original post)

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
12. His own or Trump's?
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:54 PM
Mar 2017

Earlier post said his own....iow Sessions may be toast but Trump may skate on this one.

spanone

(135,831 posts)
15. that's what you meant to say, right jeff? you were acting as a senator, right jeff?
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:57 PM
Mar 2017

you're a lying sack of shit, right. jeff

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
19. been switching back and forth between cnn/msnbc since about 5pm today.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:03 AM
Mar 2017

have not heard word one about this.

might've missed it, but it's interesting that it's getting lots of attention here....several threads

when's it going to break wide.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
27. Not a no-no, really.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:18 AM
Mar 2017

It just shows he didn't use his legislative account, which proves he wasn't acting officially as a senator, but rather as a Trump surrogate.

In other words, he lied again.

Drip-drip.

littlemissmartypants

(22,656 posts)
23. This is getting better and better. Really, really good.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:07 AM
Mar 2017

NO SARCASM SMILEY here!!!

Delicious deplorable tea. Like "libril tears" , but way better. Way, way better. *

Can't wait to have the whole crew for breakfast.
Sneer smiley here.


*May even have to say, it's Ai Weiwei better. That's how good it is.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
29. It's from John Schindler's twitter feed.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:21 AM
Mar 2017

He said he'd gotten an email from a friend of his, a senior intelligence person, who began the email with that sentence.

You can probably go through his feed and find it there. It was a week or so ago.

His Twitter feed: https://mobile.twitter.com/20committee

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)
39. Who is going to prosecute him?
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:36 AM
Mar 2017

That's the problem. Even with Sessions recused, the rest of DOJ is still accountable to both Sessions and Trump. Nothing will happen without an independent prosecutor.

I remain convinced that Comey is in the tank for Trump.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
40. I don't see him being prosecuted in the near future either.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 12:57 AM
Mar 2017

Even if the intelligence community is investigating him, which I think is true at this point, the Republicans are fighting an independent prosecutor tooth and nail. Without that nothing will happen. Which is why we have all these leaks. They're trying to push the Republicans to a point of being forced to actually appointing one. Which isn't working so far.

Oh, and I also do not trust Comey. I'm convinced there are warring fractions in our IC, and Comey isn't on the side of US democracy. He's already proved that by his actions 11 days before the election.

Kingofalldems

(38,456 posts)
43. Don't know. It was a quote from an article retweeted by Olbermann.
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 08:09 AM
Mar 2017

It is now a sig line in all of Keith's tweets.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
41. So, he either lied about speaking to the Russian in his
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 04:25 AM
Mar 2017

Capacity as Senator, or he illegally used Trump campaign funds to do his work as a Senator. Which is it ?

I hope msm uses this info today.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
50. For some mysterious reason, the WSJ excerpt, that appears on the DU homepage
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 08:35 AM
Mar 2017

as a description of your o.p, doesn't appear to me when I click on the homepage o.p. link that the excerpt describes.

I read the article in the second tweet link, I just don't understand the mechanism behind why the text appears on the homepage but not in the o.p., when the o.p. link is clicked on.

Basically, Jefferson Beauregard wears two hats, privileged Senator and ardent flunky crooked campaign operative, and he switches with lightning speed between which hat he's wearing, depending on what the occasion requires. Need to commit a felonious flunky campaign operative act? Quick, put on that hat. Need to dodge felony indictment for that act? Quick, put on the Senator hat.

He changes hats so fast, he looks like the thing with two heads. Now, his 3rd head, US A.G., is sprouting up next to the other two heads, like that sleazy criminal alien character played by Tony Shalhoub in the Men In Black movies.

It's the ugliest one of them all.

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