Leahy is starting right off with Sessions' Russia contacts.
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Sessions talks about "cloud over" Chicago bc of murders after refusing to answer ?s about Trump & "lifting the cloud" over Russia invest.
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BTW, I've asked DOJ to explain what Sessions meant with that answer.https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/920672789144666114 …
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DOJ spokesperson tells me: "The AG had no conversations w the Texas AG about the threatened daca lawsuit."
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[Which doesn't answer the question of why he said what he said.]
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Now, Whitehouse is pressing Sessions on Sessions' discussions of how he believes executive privilege works.
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Grassley still referring to AG Sessions as "Senator Sessions."
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FYI: Sessions non-answers there to Graham were presumably related to his recusal. He shouldn't be involved in those decisions.
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As in: The non-answer about Lynch-Clinton tarmac meeting, only knowing what's in the papers, & not knowing about Steele dossier/FISA issue.
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This got heated. Grassley gave extra time.https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/920686400223182848 …
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Franken now pushing back on Sessions' non-answers today to Leahy about not recalling whether he discussed Trump's views on policy issues.
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Sessions says "this is totally unfair to me."
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"I did not have a continuing exchange of information," Sessions says, ignoring Franken's question about Sessions' non-answers.
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OK. I have to get to some other work. Follow
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FYI, Texas AG about to stand trial for fraud here (criminal case).
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Dubious at best. Work product doesn't extend to protecting one's reputation.
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Um, work product cannot be shared with opposing counsel and be considered work product.
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Does attorney-client privilege apply when the client is We the People?
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