Top Republican senator asks Sessions if he thinks Assange broke the law...

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'It is amazing that I even have to ask this question': Top Republican senator asks Sessions if he thinks Assange broke the law

Mar. 9, 2017, 5:24 PM 11,280

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Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday asking whether the Department of Justice thought Julian Assange broke the law by publishing thousands of internal CIA documents this week through his organization, WikiLeaks.

Sasse said he wrote the letter after the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, declined to answer the same question during a press briefing Thursday, referring reporters to the Department of Justice for comment.

"As the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight, I am asking you directly: Does the Department of Justice believe Julian Assange has broken the law and is the Department aggressively pursuing his detention and prosecution?" Sasse wrote.

WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of documents that it said detailed the hacking tools and techniques used by the CIA for foreign espionage in what appears to be the largest leak of CIA documents in history........................................

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1. Is Sessions going to be under oath

when he answers the question? Or maybe he'll just recant the following week.

Either way, I like that it exposes the question. If we can get the AG to confirm that Assange is a criminal, that'll leave no cover for tRump to hide.

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2. Have long suspected the

Wiki people and some foreign entity was driving the Bus. One has to read their crap with the idea it might be fake.

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3. Fine with me if this wingnut is a pain to the rest of the wingnuts!1