WATCH: Senator Franken Destroys Jeff Sessions
This is as angry as I’ve seen Al Franken get; calls Jeff Sessions’ response letter “insulting” — via @mitchellreports pic.twitter.com/3S8t1mirah
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 7, 2017
Senator Al Franken tore into Attorney General Jeff Session for his “insulting” response to the committee about lying during his Senate hearing.
“He says in his letter, ‘I did not mention communications I had with the Russian ambassador over the years because the question did not ask about them,’” Franken said. “I asked him what he would do as attorney general if it was true that members of the Trump campaign had met with the Russians. So he says, ‘I did not mention communications I had with the Russian ambassador over the years because the question did not ask about them.’”
“He answered a question I didn’t ask, and for him to put this in his letter as a response is insulting, and he should come back and explain himself, Mr. Chairman,” said Franken. “I think he owes that to us. Because this appears to me like he was — and I have been, I’ve bent over backward not to say that he lied.”
