My impression is that the Republican Senators have little respect for Sessions and have no interest in preserving his reputation which comes as a bit of a surprise. Bipartisan hard line of questioning.
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I didn't watch the Comey hearing, but watching this one on the back of reading the comments, I couldn't really tell who's R and who's D.
Cheers @Dan.
He did only recuse himself from the investigation regarding collusion in 2016 elections from Russia. The Comey situation was an HR issue inside the DoJ. As he didn't fire him based on his own evaluations but from Rosenstein, I don't see the problem with than. The jury is out on the judgement of letting your Nr. 2 handle the situation of the director fo the FBI.
Heinrich finally. Some good questions should follow
But surely recommending to fire the leader of the Russia investigation would be interfering with it, even if the same person's job description extends beyond that? Maybe I'm wrong on exactly what a recusal entails.
Great start.
Speech impediment.
Heinrich accusing him of obstruction of justice for avoiding questions with no leagal grounds to.
Illness.
Heinrich now nailing him. Great question about Russia Recusal/Comey Firing/Official Reasons not squaring up.
Deja vu to the guys testifying last week.
As I said: no, because the reasons for firing Comey were not based on his handling of the Russian investigation.
As Heinrich just said - that's not true. Trump said it was because of the Russia investigation. No previous concerns to the state of the FBI or Comey's performance had been raised, in fact the total opposite.
Just because they have a weak excuse doesn't make it true and that's why he is here today.
Not publicly and according to him. But the timing is peculiar and is worthy of questioning. Why would he decide, on May 9th, to fire Comey for something that happened in, what, October? If the public reason is his handling of the Hilary e-mail stuff?
Edit: See Pexbo's reply.
Let's see how McCain fares.
The difference in his demeanour to Republicans compared to Democrats is like night and day, despite Republicans asking tough questions too. Obvious as you like who he feels holds the power.
Ha. King just nailed him.
Sessions can't exert executive privilege unless Trump specifically asked him to.
Sessions can't exert executive privilege unless Trump specifically asked him to.
Yes, but you're confusing the reasons for Trump with those for Sessions. Trump can still make up his minde, Sessions only recommended to that. There is no obligation that those are coherent. I'm not saying there is nothing spooky about it, just that there is nothing to nail Sessions on in this situation.
Amazing how Sessions can clearly remember talking with another foreign ambassador at the Mayflower hotel.
When it comes to contact with the Russian ambassador at the same gathering, he says he "can't recall".
When it comes to contact with the Russian ambassador at the same gathering, he says he "can't recall".
These guys aren't going to answer anything they aren't comfortable with and nothing will/can be done about it. No point wasting time on it multiple times.
Watch what King is saying now.
Trump asked AG and Deputy AG for their reasons to sack Comey... because of the Russian investigation. King has just nailed him on that.
Sessions just lost it.
He just testified he was asked to comment on Comey before the firing. So an independent report of his is not the reason Comey was fired. He just said it there.
He just testified he was asked to comment on Comey before the firing. So an independent report of his is not the reason Comey was fired. He just said it there.
Does Lankford have any questions or is he just going to try rescue this for Sessions?
Just flicked on and Sessions seems rattled, hows it going?
He's a dour prick.
Both sides pressing him well. He's slipped a few times.
He seems like a man trying to remember what he's said before and what his story is supposed to be.
Is this dude going to ask any questions or is he planning on reading for his entire slot?!
Lankford is a waste of time. Spending most of his time talking instead of making Sessions answer questions.
Seems my stream is behind, that prick Lankford just came in here.
Most annoying has to be between him and Cotton.
Go make a cup of tea.
I remember him from Comey's hearing and thinking he was a prick, then I googled his positions and knew I was right.
BBC and Sky both showing it live mate. Although I bet your Mrs is watching Broken
Sessions is rattled. Good questioning here.
FFS I assumed I'd need CNN from the US.BBC and Sky both showing it live mate. Although I bet your Mrs is watching Broken
Nah she's not watching anything, cheers mate, watching BBC news now.
Just tuned in about half an hour ago and one of the things that strikes me most in contrast to Comey's hearing is the wording of every answer. Comey had a lot of straight "yes" and "no" answers whereas Sessions seems to prefer saying "I don't believe so" or "not as far as I recall". Seems to be preparing to defend any answers here in the future.
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