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I will be back with (I hope) a fairly major piece later today, but right now, I'd like to offer a quick note about the testimony offered by Jeff Sessions. It all comes down to one basic question: How the hell does he get away with it?The dimwits who frequent rightwing sites like Gateway Pundit seem to be under the impression that every conversation with Donald Trump is automatically classified -- at least, that was their argument against Comey. Although one has come to expect such idiocy from the rightists, our Congressfolk should know better. And yet they allowed our law-breaking Attorney General to refusal to divulge any of his private conversations with Donald Trump.
There was no claim that the material under discussion was classified. There was noa claim of executive privilege. Sessions, when asked to reveal what he said to the "Predisent," simply fell into an imitation of Bartleby the Scrivener: "I prefer not to."
Trump is Sacred. Those who come face-to-face with the Sacred One in private must always keep his secrets, like the ancient High Priests of Israel who were allowed to make offerings in the Holy of Holies on Yom KIppur.
As everyone now knows, Sessions lied during his confirmation hearings about meeting with Russians. Sessions lamely tried to excuse that lie by claiming that Al Franken's "rambling" question had confused him. Oh really? Franken had spoken with his characteristic lucidity, and Sessions did not ask for a clarification. Besides, Trump himself is such a rambler that his horn goes beep beep beep.
Here's the really damning part: Sessions had offered the exact same denial in writing.
So during his confirmation, Sessions lied to Franken and he lied to Senator Leahy. Later, he lied when he said that he was confused by Franken's question.
But it gets worse. I am quite sure that he lied when he said that he was following longstanding Justice Department policy in not disclosing what he said to Donald Trump. I'd love to see proof that such a "historic policy" exists.
(Can you imagine the howls of outrage from Republicans if Hillary Clinton, during the Benghazi hearings, had refused to divulge any discussions she had had with Barack Obama? We never would have heard the end of it!)
Janet Reno never referred to such a "historic" policy of silence when she detailed her conversations with Bill Clinton. Eric Holder never referred to such a "historic" policy when he was questioned during the Obama years. Holder was cited for Contempt for allegedly lying about Fox News reporter James Rosen -- an alleged infraction which was far less weighty than the almost daily outrages we've seen from Trump's team.
Let's take another look at that case in order to bask iappreciate the double standards on display here. Holder had testified that he had never been involved in the prosecution of a reporter. Republicans screamed "Liar!" when they proved that Holder, as part of a leak investigation had signed off on a search warrant of Rosen (who was never indicted). Holder argued -- correctly -- that there's a difference between a prosecution and an investigation.
And that was it. That was the so-called "lie" which had the Republicans screaming bloody murder. Tese same Republicans give Jeff Sessions a free pass, even though he has clearly fibbed under oath on multiple occasions.
Sessions even tried to revive the debunked claim -- debunked by Trump himself! -- that FBI Director James Comey had been fired because the so-called "Comey letter" (the one about emails on the Wiener laptop) was "inappropriate." During the campaign, Sessions had lavishly praised Comey for that very deed.
The hypocrisy on display here is beyond outrageous.
So why does Congress allow Sessions to get away it? He clearly merits a charge of contempt.
A member of the House of Representatives should begin the official process of impeaching Jeff Sessions. If the attempt is unsuccessful, it will demonstrate that this nation has not completely forsaken morality and the rule of law.
By the way: I was surprised by the large number of "I don't recall" answers offered by Jeff Sessions. Why is his memory so bad? Has he been smoking pot?
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