volfanjustin
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sorry to interrupt the fap fest again:
"Shortly after CNN ran their story, which quoted a Washington attorney who claimed that he would advise a client to disclose all official meetings, the Justice Department issued a press release firing back at the implication of wrongdoing.
Attributed to DOJ Deputy Director of Public Affairs Ian Prior, the response read:
As a United States Senator, the Attorney General met hundredsif not thousandsof foreign dignitaries and their staff. In filling out the SF-86 form, the Attorney Generals staff consulted with those familiar with the process, as well as the FBI investigator handling the background check, and was instructed not to list meetings with foreign dignitaries and their staff connected with his Senate activities."
sorry to interrupt the fap fest again:
"Shortly after CNN ran their story, which quoted a Washington attorney who claimed that he would advise a client to disclose all official meetings, the Justice Department issued a press release firing back at the implication of wrongdoing.
Attributed to DOJ Deputy Director of Public Affairs Ian Prior, the response read:
As a United States Senator, the Attorney General met hundredsif not thousandsof foreign dignitaries and their staff. In filling out the SF-86 form, the Attorney Generals staff consulted with those familiar with the process, as well as the FBI investigator handling the background check, and was instructed not to list meetings with foreign dignitaries and their staff connected with his Senate activities."
the Attorney Generals staff consulted with those familiar with the process, as well as the FBI investigator handling the background check, and was instructed not to list meetings with foreign dignitaries and their staff connected with his Senate activities."
That should be even easier to verify. Sessions' people are saying that the reason they did not list those meetings is that they were told not to by the FBI investigator handling the background check.
That ought to be easy enough to check. They just need to say who that was and he can be asked, did you tell Sessions' staff that they did not need to list meetings with foreign dignitaries and their staff connected with his Senate activities?
If the FBI investigator confirms he said that, then I'd be inclined to give Sessions the benefit of the doubt that its innocent and needs no further inquiry.
If, however, the FBI agent says he did not tell them that, then further inquiry needs to be made as to why these meetings were not listed.
Should not be that difficult.
Exactly and if this is a lie Sessions needs to resign.
Depends. If he just cavalierly assigned it to staff to take care of, with no oversight by him, the mistake could be by them. If on the other hand he knew of it, and especially if he is the source of the claim that he was told not to list it and that is not true, then that is a different matter.
That's why I say that, if the FBI agent conducting the investigation does not confirm that he told them not to list those things, then that is a problem and needs to be investigated.