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What's hilarious is imagining what the right's response would have been if it was the Obama administration with all the Russia ties.

 

[spindashing]

This is actually happening, isn't it? Oh man.

 

[chaosblade]

And he's gone from the Senate

Safe to say he won't be back either if he gets kicked from AG too.

As an Alabamian I love this. Get fucked, Jeff Sessions. I hope he somehow manages to take Mo Brooks with him.

 

[shem935]

And he's gone from the Senate

Ohhh that's spicey

 

[Chumley]

What's hilarious is imagining what the right's response would have been if it was the Obama administration with all the Russia ties.

Impeachment proceedings would already be underway.

 

[Davide]

it'll be amazing if both Flynn and Sessions get forced out in a two month span.

Moscow Mike resigned February 13, could be a one month span.

 

[superdeluxe]

Is the testimony at senate hearings under oath?

 

[ayeorkean]

👏 FUCK 👏 RACIST 👏 KEEBLER 👏 ELF 👏

 

[whyamihere]

Could you imagine if this the roles were reversed and this were Hillary? lol

 

[akira28]

hey guys I saw smoke and thought you'd be in here.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Lmao every person in this administration has ties with Russia.

 

[faisal233]

Is the testimony at senate hearings under oath?

Lying to congress is perjury.

 

[eBay Huckster]

Could you imagine if this the roles were reversed and this were Hillary? lol

The White House would literally be burning down for the second time in its history.

 

[kingocfs]

Lmao every person in this administration has ties with Russia.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE

 

[adj_noun]

Could you imagine if this the roles were reversed and this were Hillary? lol

She sent some emails tho

 

[echoshifting]

Lying to congress is perjury.

Only if you take an oath before that hearing

Which he did

 

[Ac30]

hey guys I saw smoke and thought you'd be in here.

I'm glad you survived Trump's speech last night, you get to sit 'round the perjury bonfire with the rest of us.

 

[Kadin]

it'll be amazing if both Flynn and Sessions get forced out in a two month span.

Still looks fine to me.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Trump might pluck up Cruz, though.

Lol Cruz likely has a deep dislike of Trump after that brutal primary - but yeah i can see him doing it because all Repubs seem to fold in the end.

 

[Plinko]

Perjury. The guy lied on the stand about this.

 

[Slacker]

Reporters on twitter are saying that perjury requires an intent to deceive, which is difficult to prove. He'll likely argue he's a dumbass old man (finally a word of truth) who forgot about the meetings.

Odd how I can look back at my calendar and tell you every meeting I've ever had at work but someone meeting important people at official capacity for the federal government can't but I'm just a dumbass young(er) man so what do I know?

If anything I'm happy at the thought that at the very least this story wrecked Trump's happy mood after his "presidential" speech last night. Keep on winning you big orange baby!

 

[faisal233]

Only if you take an oath before that hearing

Which he did

A different statute covers without oath.

Section 1621 covers general perjury, and stipulates that anyone who "willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true" is guilty of perjury and shall be fined or imprisoned up to five years, or both. Section 1001 covers false statements more generally, without requiring an oath. The section stipulates that "whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the government of the United States, knowingly and willfully" falsifies or conceals information, including before a congressional committee's inquiry, may also be fined or imprisoned up to five years.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/07/what-happens-if-you-lie-to-congress.html

 

[BetterWorldz]

I just can't fathom this situation. It is so, so incredibly blatant this administration is compromised and works for the interest of a rival country. How can there be so few politicians that are willing to resist before everything is lost. What else do they fucking need??

 

[Air]

This shit gets me hard

 

[Trojita]

If this was Hillary, this would be Benghazi x 100 and this is actually something.

 

[Rebel Leader]

I just can't fathom this situation. It is so, so incredibly blatant this administration is compromised and works for the interest of a rival country. How can there be so few politicians that are willing to resist before everything is lost. What else do they fucking need??

They need trump to be either (or all)
Black
Woman
Clinton
Democrat

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

If he's forced to resign(at the very least), I'm gonna cry tears of joy. I need this.

 

[KernelPanic]

Reporters on twitter are saying that perjury requires an intent to deceive, which is difficult to prove. He'll likely argue he's a dumbass old man (finally a word of truth) who forgot about the meetings.

I've read similar. Perjury would be hard to prove in court as of right now.

He is definitely in violation of DoJ rules and must refuse himself now though.

 

[Zophar]

Reporters on twitter are saying that perjury requires an intent to deceive, which is difficult to prove. He'll likely argue he's a dumbass old man (finally a word of truth) who forgot about the meetings.

Odd how I can look back at my calendar and tell you every meeting I've ever had at work but someone meeting important people at official capacity for the federal government can't but I'm just a dumbass young(er) man so what do I know?

If anything I'm happy at the thought that at the very least this story wrecked Trump's happy mood after his "presidential" speech last night. Keep on winning you big orange baby!

Intent to deceive is what investigations and the following prosecution are for. By not recusing himself Sessions is blocking investigation; this is clearly meant to be the pressure to accomplish that, at minimum.

 

[def sim]

The world sure is trying its best to make things right after the bizarre and disheartening reception to Trump's speech the other night. 😌

 

[Plinko]

Yeah, at minimum, he must recuse himself.

 

[adj_noun]

I just can't fathom this situation. It is so, so incredibly blatant this administration is compromised and works for the interest of a rival country. How can there be so few politicians that are willing to resist before everything is lost. What else do they fucking need??

History is not going to look kindly on the people who could have done something and remained impotently silent.

The world sure is trying its best to make things right after the bizarre and disheartening reception to Trump's speech the other night. ��

Politics is one of the few arenas I can think of where extremely low expectations is a good thing.

 

[GameAddict411]

Before people spin this:

He lied during the confirmation hearings by saying he was not aware of any communication.

I don't think he could get away with something like this. I hope he gets prosecuted.

 

[Host Samurai]

Awesome. Get him the fuck out before he does some damage

I think I said this in another thread that karma will bite him in the ass.

 

[The Technomancer]

Other than Bannon Sessions is the one I most wanted to see go

That he might go out like this just has me giddy

Fuckwad

 

[hipsterpants]

Trump's positive news cycle from the address lasted almost one whole day. Impressive!

 

[Afrodium]

Man, there's a lot of news about the Trump campaign and Russia. I wonder if something is going on 🤔

 

[entremet]

Good. Get rid of these shitstains one by one.

 

[Herr Schwarz]

I'm just looking forward to the mental gymnastics from Hannity as he waggles his shit stain face and explains it away.

Then after Trump is ousted (maybe) watching all the trump c words changing their profiles as fast as possible going "I never supported him!"

Just like all those Bush fans you see these days.

 

[reelbigtink]

Trump's positive news cycle from the address lasted almost one whole day. Impressive!

It'd be great if the Dems had enough dirt on Trump and his cabinet to sour every "good" day they have for a few years

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Lmao every person in this administration has ties with Russia.

Like, you'd think that'd be concerning.

To everyone.

The right continues to keep trying to make this into a partisan issue.

 

[Damaniel]

Before people spin this:

He lied during the confirmation hearings by saying he was not aware of any communication.

Might work if he was talking about others, but won't fly if he's talking about himself.

 

[BronsonLee]

This is starting to feel like they already have everything but are just drip feeding it to the media

 

[The Technomancer]

Might work if he was talking about others, but won't fly if he's talking about himself.

Yeah as others have pointed out there are ways to weasel out of this, but none of the usual easy ones. He basically only has "I forgot and didn't mean to lie" as a defense

 

[KernelPanic]

https://twitter.com/normeisen/status/837132342175084548

2/ BUT there can b little doubt that he must recuse under DOJ rules eg 28 CFR 45.2(a). A flagrant violation

 

[jrush64]

Yeah... nothings gonna come from this.

 

[F0rneus]

Forgive me for being pessimistic but I doubt anything will come of this. They'll say he just forgot, media will drop this in a day or two, and then the GOP and Trump will be back to strip rights from the minorities and the poor, while making sure Russia is taken well care of.

 

[Steel]

Lol Cruz likely has a deep dislike of Trump after that brutal primary - but yeah i can see him doing it because all Repubs seem to fold in the end.

I bet Cruz would be a leaker, at least.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

Obama was far too weak to stop ISIS, and yet he had the ability to predict Clinton's defeat and Sessions nomination, so he convinced Kislyak to call Sessions and tell him to commit perjury, then he leaked the whole thing.

 

[Common Knowledge]

Yeah... nothings gonna come from this.

Can I ask why the every living hell people keep saying this when we've already had a member of the administration have to resign over his contacts with Russia?

These posts are frankly getting obnoxious.