Mueller Has At Least Three Witnesses That Say Jeff Sessions Lied To Congress
Sessions told Congress that he opposed the idea of meeting with Russians during the campaign, at least three people have told Special Counsel investigators otherwise.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied to Congress. At least that’s what a new report by Reuters seems to indicate.
Sessions told Congress that when the idea of meeting with Russians came up during the 2016 campaign he opposed the idea vigorously.
Well, according to Reuters, at least three witnesses have told Special Counsel Robert Mueller that Sessions, in fact, did not oppose the idea of meeting with Russians.
“U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional committees.
“Sessions testified before Congress in November 2017 that he “pushed back” against the proposal made by former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos at a March 31, 2016 campaign meeting. Then a senator from Alabama, Sessions chaired the meeting as head of the Trump campaign’s foreign policy team,” Reuters reported.
Reuters interviewed three people who attended the March 2016 meeting where Papadopoulos pitched the idea of a meeting between Trump and Putin and all three of those witnesses told Reuters that “Sessions had expressed no objections to Papadopoulos’ idea.”
Read the full Reuters report here.
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