Congress Is Investigating Another Meeting Between Sessions and Russian Ambassador
According to a new report by CNN, Congressional investigators are looking into whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions had an additional, previously undisclosed, private meeting with the Russian ambassador during the campaign.
“Investigators on the Hill are requesting additional information, including schedules from Sessions, a source with knowledge tells CNN. They are focusing on whether such a meeting took place April 27, 2016, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, where then-candidate Donald Trump was delivering his first major foreign policy address. Prior to the speech, then-Sen. Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak attended a small VIP reception with organizers, diplomats and others,” according to the CNN report.
As part of the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation, authorities are looking into the full extent of Trump team interactions with the Russia ambassador at the event.
“The FBI is looking into whether there was an additional private meeting at the Mayflower the same day,” the CNN report noted.
This is not the first time that Jeff Sessions has failed to disclose meetings with Russian officials.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Sessions testified under oath that he “did not have any communications with the Russians” during the campaign. And later he also sent a written statement to the Senate judiciary committee saying that he was not in contact with anyone linked to the Russian government during the election.
That, of course, turned out to be a lie.
In a previous report, CNN revealed that Sessions failed to disclose the meetings “on the security forms he submitted this year.”
It’s also important to note that during the speech at the Mayflower, Trump pledged better relations with Russia.
You can read the full CNN report here.
