Day: March 3, 2017
CARTOON
“New DNC Chair Tom Perez Says Sessions Needs to Resign Because Nobody is Above the Law”
POLITICUS USA
CARTOON
“Trump’s “Office of Immigrant Crime” has sinister implications — and dark echoes of history”
SALON
CARTOON
“Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington’s most dangerous diplomat”
POLITICO
“Sessions recuses himself from investigation into Trump, Russia scandal”
MADDOW BLOG
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke privately with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice last year, despite questions surrounding the Russian hacking scandal. During his confirmation hearings, the Alabama Republican said in sworn testimony, “I have been called a surrogate [for Donald Trump] at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
The ensuing scandal today has been rather fierce, and this afternoon, Sessions agreed to recuse himself from the investigation into the Russia scandal — a step many lawmakers in both parties demanded.
Embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions bowed to pressure Thursday and said he would recuse himself from any federal probe of Russian interference in the presidential election.
Insisting again that he had no improper contacts with the Russians, Sessions said he nevertheless will withdraw because of his involvement in the Trump campaign. MORE
“Trump’s Already Small Circle Of Trusted Advisers Suffers Another Big Blow”
HUFFINGTON POLITICS
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