Jeff Sessions Didn’t Disclose Russian Meetings On Security Clearance Forms
Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to disclose on security clearance forms that he met twice last year with Russia’s ambassador, according to a new CNN report.
The SF-8 clearance form requires applicants to disclose any contacts with a foreign government or its representatives over the past seven years.
According to CNN, “Sessions, who met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at least two times last year, didn’t note those interactions on the form, which requires him to list “any contact” he or his family had with a “foreign government” or its “representatives” over the past seven years, officials said.”
The CNN report is the latest example of Sessions failing to disclose meeting with Russian officials. Sessions was forced to recuse himself from the Trump-Russia investigation after the Russian meetings were made public. Sessions said during his Senate confirmation hearings that he never met with any Russia officials.
CNN also notes that “The omission comes after problems that Trump adviser Jared Kushner and the President’s ex-national security adviser, Michael Flynn, have had on their own security forms. Kushner prematurely submitted his SF-86 form without listing foreign contacts and had to notify the FBI the next day that he was willing to provide the information. Flynn is under investigation for not properly disclosing payments linked to Russia for his foreign trips.”
You can read the full CNN report here.
