Al Franken Comes Out & Says It: "Hard to come to any other conclusion than he just perjured himself"

[kpete]

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Washington (CNN)Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he now believes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury during his confirmation hearing when he did not disclose meetings with a Russian ambassador.

Sessions' response during the hearing to Franken's question about Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign was demonstrably false, Franken said Tuesday on CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper.

"It's hard to come to any other conclusion than he just perjured himself," the Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary committee said.

Franken also said that Sessions' response to his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak coming to light has been insufficient -- Sessions on Monday submitted written responses to the committee, denying that he had answered Franken's question falsely.



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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/al-franken-jeff-sessions-perjury/

[Stuart G]

1. Yes...!! k and r...nt

[gademocrat7]

2. K&R!

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Senators dont do this to other senators, so a. of course he lied

b. Franken will be targeted in severe and dangerous ways, hope he has a bodyguard...because these fucking traitors are dangerous

[Kimchijeon]

4. yep, k&r

[Vinnie From Indy]

5. K&R

He's right about that!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

6. Yes...Others should be saying this over and over. Say he is a liar.

We have enough evidence to do that. Christ, the Republicans say that kind of shit about Democrats with no evidence at all. Dems need to become a broken record about this so that it will eventually sink into the heads of the idiots in this country. Idiot Americans basically believe anything that they hear repeated over and over again. The more it is said, the more it becomes the truth to them. Doesn't matter if it actually is true. So if we want them to believe the truth over the lies, the truth needs to be repeated more than the lies... much more.

[trof]

7. Think? CUT. AND. DRIED.

[Cryptoad]

8. The only chance of Sessions being charged with Perjury is,,,,,

only if the AG of Washington DC charges him with perjury. it will never happen at the Federal Level.

[Alice11111]

15. You got that right. It has to be the states now, for everything

[MedusaX]

9. And now in writing

Verbally Lying under oath
Even when audio/video exists -- is still perjury but can possibly be spun to create doubt

But to then modify/ clarify one's verbal testimony via written affidavit which states that the lies you told verbally really were accurate???

Has he confused double jeopardy with double perjury?

Two false statements do not = a true statement

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Teflon people..........

Started with "Raygun" - continues with this current round of losers!
Local on-line paper had a "survey" question: "How important is it that Sessions may have not told the truth about meeting with Russians?"

Over 50% felt that it was NOT IMPORTANT!

THIS IS THE #1 ATTORNEY FOR THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sunlei]

11. Attorney General Jeff Sessions OUTRIGHT LIED TO GET THE AG POSITION. Fire him,he even lied to trump?

or was trump in on sessions lies as well? How many Republicans are "in on" this Russia crap?

[warmfeet]

12. I love

Senator Franken. Got to meet him twice on the campaign trail.

[stollen]

13. now get Sessions out

[mdbl]

14. Yes Al, he did, but repuglicans are allowed to break the law

or didn't you know that?