When it's Cummings, Warren, and Pelosi it's a mental retarded joke*

[BombadEER]

"When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, he was a senior member of the influential Senate Armed Services Committee."

Officials said Sessions did not consider the conversations relevant to the lawmakers’ questions and did not remember in detail what he discussed with Kislyak, according to the Post.

"There was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer," Flores earlier told the Post

 

[WhiteTailEER]

"When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, he was a senior member of the influential Senate Armed Services Committee."

Officials said Sessions did not consider the conversations relevant to the lawmakers’ questions and did not remember in detail what he discussed with Kislyak, according to the Post.

"There was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer," Flores earlier told the Post

He could have simply answered in that exact way and this wouldn't be an issue ... but he testified under oath that he had no contact with Russians at all.

 

[Mntneer]

He could have simply answered in that exact way and this wouldn't be an issue ... but he testified under oath that he had no contact with Russians at all.

But he was asked if he had contact with Russians about the election. Hence his answer.

It's more of the same ******** we've dealt with for the past 20 years with these parties.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

But he was asked if he had contact with Russians about the election. Hence his answer.

It's more of the same ******** we've dealt with for the past 20 years with these parties.

That's not what was asked and it's not what he said. Franken mentioned that it has been published that the Russians had compromising information on Trump, and he was asked if he found that to be true, what would he do?

He wasn't even directly asked if he did ... he was asked what he would do if he found out ... to which he said he had no knowledge of any of those activities and he has been called a surrogate a time or two, but he had no contact with the Russians. There was no caveat added about whether that contact was about the campaign or regarding the campaign only that he didn't have contact with the Russians.

There's youtube video of the exchange "al franken questions sessions" or something like that, it's less than 2 minutes long.

Now, I haven't given any opinion on it ... to me it's making a mountain out of a molehill, but I've felt that way about a lot of things. He did say those things under oath though. Which is why I stated before that if he would have just answered "the only contact I had with Russians was in an official capacity .... blah blah blah". So, if you look at exactly what he said, without reading a caveat emptor into it, he did indeed lie under oath.

That's the way I see it ... but I don't think it's worth all of this hubbub.

 

[bornaneer]

That's not what was asked and it's not what he said. Franken mentioned that it has been published that the Russians had compromising information on Trump, and he was asked if he found that to be true, what would he do?

He wasn't even directly asked if he did ... he was asked what he would do if he found out ... to which he said he had no knowledge of any of those activities and he has been called a surrogate a time or two, but he had no contact with the Russians. There was no caveat added about whether that contact was about the campaign or regarding the campaign only that he didn't have contact with the Russians.

There's youtube video of the exchange "al franken questions sessions" or something like that, it's less than 2 minutes long.

Now, I haven't given any opinion on it ... to me it's making a mountain out of a molehill, but I've felt that way about a lot of things. He did say those things under oath though. Which is why I stated before that if he would have just answered "the only contact I had with Russians was in an official capacity .... blah blah blah". So, if you look at exactly what he said, without reading a caveat emptor into it, he did indeed lie under oath.

That's the way I see it ... but I don't think it's worth all of this hubbub.

Technically he probably did lie and should have answered as you suggested. But I agree with you," I don't think it's worth all of this hubbub". As I have said.....it's politics and the Repubs would have/have done the same things.

 

[mneilmont]

Technically he probably did lie and should have answered as you suggested. But I agree with you," I don't think it's worth all of this hubbub". As I have said.....it's politics and the Repubs would have/have done the same things.

The questioning to that point was in relation to Russia impact on election. The following Dem Senator in the queue specified Russia impact on election.

 

[WVU82_rivals]

 

[eerdoc]

He could have simply answered in that exact way and this wouldn't be an issue ... but he testified under oath that he had no contact with Russians at all.

He truthfully answered the question that was asked. Read the exchange in its entirety before trying to create conclusions. Only someone trying to distort facts and reality would have any concern for what was said. No lie was told,and no misdeed occurred. NONE!!!

 

[dave]

He could have simply answered in that exact way and this wouldn't be an issue ... but he testified under oath that he had no contact with Russians at all.

False.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

He truthfully answered the question that was asked. Read the exchange in its entirety before trying to create conclusions. Only someone trying to distort facts and reality would have any concern for what was said. No lie was told,and no misdeed occurred. NONE!!!

False.

That's exactly what was asked and what he said ... he wasn't even asked if he had contact with the Russians but both dodged the question and testified that he didn't all at the same time.

 

[dave]

False.