Dem on Sessions' Russia jokes: He 'still doesn't get it'

[riversedge]

Source: the hill




By Jesse Byrnes - 11/17/17 08:01 PM EST



Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) slammed Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday for joking about whether any Russians were in attendance at one of his speeches in Washington.

"Jeff Sessions still doesn’t get it," Lieu said on CNN's "The Situation Room," calling Sessions' comments inappropriate.

"He is not in trouble because he happened to be in places where there were Russians," Lieu said of the attorney general.

"He is in trouble because he had a nearly hourlong meeting with Ambassador Kislyak – [who] is also a spy – and then he failed to disclose the existence of that meeting under oath to the U.S. Senate."

Sessions joked about connections to Russia before a speech at the conservative Federalist Society convention earlier Friday................................

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360993-dem-on-sessions-russia-jokes-he-still-doesnt-get-it

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Joking about flaunting the law. damn


Tweet from Lieu:

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Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1

Sessions, who recused himself from the Russia probe, jokes about his campaign contacts with Russians during an event at the Mayflower Hotel: "Is Ambassador Kislyak in the room?... Anybody been to Russia?" (via CSPAN)

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[pangaia]

1. What a fucking slimeball.

All of them. Every single one.

[BigmanPigman]

3. They are all Fucking Morons!

[Marthe48]

2. where the hell do these arrogant bastards get off?

You can't do what you want. We obey the laws. They obey the laws. Sessions, you little dickweed, if you can't obey the laws of the U.S. get the hell out. We don't need you, we don't want you, you nasty little mushroom.

[babylonsister]

4. Bravo, Ted Lieu.

Sessions has always been a slimebucket. Now so many are getting introduced to this milque-toast yet malignant man.

[sarcasmo]

5. In 2020 Ted Lieu should be Attorney General.

[riversedge]

8. Now that is a great thought

[rogue emissary]

16. +2

[volstork]

6. It's like W joking

about WMD. Not funny.

[Pluvious]

13. First we endured the smirking chimp, now we gots the smirking gnome n/t

[Chasstev365]

7. THIS MAN IS A FUCKING, SMIRKING TRAITOR!

The Senate Judicial Committee needs to call him back, show the video, and ask him what is so fucking funny? This enrages me to no end!

[Scarsdale]

9. Me. too.

Little smirking traitor. He sounds like the rooster from cartoons, Foghorn Leghorn, even after all these years in DC. I want to see that smirk wiped from his elfin like face.

[ancianita]

10. Maybe he does get it and is sure, as a lawyer, and former senator, he can escape any consequences.

[Stuart G]

11. That is it, so arrogant that he is sure he can "escape"

My guess, is the only was he will "escape prosecution", is through a "presidential pardon"
Another guess is: Sessions has been assured a "presidential pardon" no matter what..
(as are many others) Very Sad, but completely plausible..

[ancianita]

14. I'd forgotten about that. Depends on the charges, but yeah, probably.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Sessions makes a total mockery of his office.

Even above the president, our attorney general should be a shining example of respect for US law and justice, both in their personal and professional lives.

We now have a president, vice president, many cabinet members and an attorney general that believe our laws and system of justice do not apply to them because their holy GOP philosophy trumps all laws and morals.

They must somehow be removed from office ASAP.

[ancianita]

15. GOP: Guardians Of Prosecution