Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said,
encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between
members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during
Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general.
One of the meetings was a private conversation between
Sessions and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that took place in
September in the senator’s office, at the height of what U.S. intelligence
officials say was a Russian cyber campaign to upend the U.S.
presidential race.
My, what a tangled web we weave...
The Washington Post contacted all 26 members of the 2016
Senate Armed Services Committee to see whether any lawmakers besides Sessions
met with Kislyak in 2016. Of the 20 lawmakers who responded, every senator,
including Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), said they did not meet with the
Russian ambassador last year. The other lawmakers on the panel did not respond
as of Wednesday evening.
“Members of the committee have not been beating a path to
Kislyak’s door,” a senior Senate Armed Services Committee staffer said, citing
tensions in relations with Moscow. Besides Sessions, the staffer added, “There
haven’t been a ton of members who are looking to meet with Kislyak for their
committee duties.”
That's probably because they weren't part of the Trump campaign coordinating hacking with the Russians. Oh wait, that hasn't come out yet.
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