Jeff Sessions should resign in light of testimony on meeting with Russian official (2 letters)

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Re: “Jeff Sessions: ‘I feel I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in,’ “ March 2 news story.

In the recent reporting about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ meetings with the Russian ambassador and his subsequent failure to disclose them when asked directly during his nomination hearing, a critical point has been lost. We now have the federal department whose responsibilities include indicting people for perjury being headed by a man who committed perjury. The transcript is clear on this. Moreover, it was not perjury pertaining to a trivial detail in a minor case, but perjury in the most public of venues about a matter of our national security. A normal person who did this during the course of a federal trial might well be charged with a felony.

Whatever your politics are, positions of public trust in our republic should be held by people who conduct themselves with integrity, honor and dedication to the Constitution. Sessions has demonstrated a deficiency in all three. He should resign immediately.

James Crooks, Denver

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ lie to the Judiciary Committee, and by extension the American people, is appalling. Not only did Sessions tell a blatant lie, but he failed to take advantage of ample time to correct his testimony before the Senate confirmed his nomination.

This is not just disappointing. It makes a mockery of the Senate confirmation process, is disrespectful of citizens everywhere, and has a corrosive effect on our democracy. Sessions’ only appropriate course of action at this point is to resign and apologize to us all.

Eric Johnson, Boulder - Denver Post

Resign now Jeff Sessions!!!

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1. He should resign of course

Need to keep the pressure on him, but do not lose focus on the big picture.