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03-02-2017 , 11:29 AM

#14951

Namath12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aoFrantic

Can we lol Greenwald here?

I unfollowed him a while ago. everything he tweets now reads like Russian apology propaganda. Kinda hard to distinguish him from Dilbert at times.

03-02-2017 , 11:30 AM

#14952

RV Life

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thethethe

What's depressing is you know Bannon and Trump are absolutely wishing for a US terrorist attack.

Nah, not yet. They saving their "one time" for when they are under investigation themselves.

03-02-2017 , 11:30 AM

#14953

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RV Life

LOL even Chaffetz is like "Damn, son. You can't be doing that."

hornbug should let him know this all just liberal noise.

03-02-2017 , 11:31 AM

#14954

General Tsao

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Namath12

I unfollowed him a while ago. everything he tweets now reads like Russian apology propaganda. Kinda hard to distinguish him from Dilbert at times.

Right, why read something from someone with a different viewpoint.

I look forward to the Intercept's reporting on this.

03-02-2017 , 11:33 AM

#14955

RV Life

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Schumer can barely hide his glee talking about this.

03-02-2017 , 11:34 AM

#14956

Nonfiction

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Can people please stop quoting Taso posts?

03-02-2017 , 11:35 AM

#14957

sportsjefe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by champstark

This is not standard.

It's something people say they are way more often than they actually are.

03-02-2017 , 11:35 AM

#14958

prana

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Sessions willing to recuse himself The Hill reported.

03-02-2017 , 11:36 AM

#14959

+rep_lol

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doing a pretty bang up job too tho

03-02-2017 , 11:37 AM

#14960

+rep_lol

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Quote:

Originally Posted by prana

Sessions willing to recuse himself The Hill reported.

this morning he denied the allegations that he met with the ambassador, and he said he is more than willing to recuse himself "when its appropriate" (with a fake smile)

03-02-2017 , 11:37 AM

#14961

Trolly McTrollson

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At this point, if he doesn't recuse himself, it's a lock he thinks the investigation will dig up some dirt on him.

Edit: my pony is slow

03-02-2017 , 11:38 AM

#14962

prana

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oh lol me then - ****ty headline

03-02-2017 , 11:39 AM

#14963

pvn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hornbug

This attack on Sessions is doomed to fail. Sessions didn't commit perjury because the Leahy and Franken questions were more specific than "did you have any meeting at all about any topic?" When you testify you answer the questions asked, not the questions unasked, and Sessions answered the questions that were asked truthfully. Eventually everyone will figure out that this was just another distorted news story. Just more spin

Yeah but guess what, Sessions did NOT answer the question asked. If he had, you'd probably be right. However, the question Franken asked was "if we get evidence that the trump campaign was talking to the russians, what would you do?" and Sessions instead answered a different question about whether or not HE had contact with the russians. And what he said was "I did not have communications with the Russians." Not "I didn't talk to them about the campaign." He lied. In a confirmation hearing.

here's the video http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politi...ation-hearing/

03-02-2017 , 11:39 AM

#14964

RV Life

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

At this point, if he doesn't recuse himself, it's a lock he thinks the investigation will dig up some dirt on him.

Edit: my pony is slow

He's probably looking for immunity before recusing himself.

03-02-2017 , 11:39 AM

#14965

CalledDownLight

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Sessions can get ****ed and resign. And apparently Claire McCaskill can get ****ed too.

How ****ing hard is it to not lie about contacts with Russia? If you aren't 100% ****ing sure of if you had contact say that you don't remember and clarify your statements.

03-02-2017 , 11:45 AM

#14966

dudeoflife

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Assuming sessions knows a lot that can damage trump and he actually gets charged with perjury(im skeptical), what are chances he does get a plea deal? Would that be a death sentence by the Russians if he were to talk?

03-02-2017 , 11:51 AM

#14967

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lol maria zakharova (russian foreign ministry spokeswoman) having a meltdown on nat'l tv rite now telling reporters to stop spreading "lies" and "false news"

03-02-2017 , 11:51 AM

#14968

bobman0330

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Vox is there for Taso with a nice summary of Trump's various overlapping Russia-related scandals:

http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/15/1...ussia-campaign

03-02-2017 , 11:52 AM

#14969

Namath12

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03-02-2017 , 11:53 AM

#14970

RV Life

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Holy ****, did anyone else see that interview on CNN? Some KellyAnn Conway Russian bot in Moscow told CNN to stop spreading false news about Sessions/Russia. The CNN reporter than says into the camera "Where have we heard this before?"

03-02-2017 , 11:55 AM

#14971

ogallalabob

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dudeoflife

Not getting charged and would not accept a deal if charged. Both questions dealt wit the campaign having discussions and your not going to get a conviction when the question asks about the campaign's contact. Any answer is to assume he is talking about the campaign's contact or contact on behalf of the campaign.

03-02-2017 , 11:56 AM

#14972

Max Cut

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Finish him!

03-02-2017 , 11:57 AM

#14973

kep

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This can't be real life.

03-02-2017 , 12:02 PM

#14974

dudeoflife

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The

Quote:

Originally Posted by ogallalabob

The transcript is there. He went out of his way to say, I never met with the Russians. He had time to go over the record and correct the mistake. He did not.

Even if he doesn't get charged or resigns, it would be a win to get a independtent commission to look into the ties with trump's team and Russia.