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Judi Lynn

(160,212 posts)
Mon May 22, 2017, 04:56 PM May 2017

Sessions' Senate testimony canceled this week

Source: Politico

By SEUNG MIN KIM
05/22/2017 04:38 PM EDT


Attorney General Jeff Sessions will no longer testify before the Senate this week on funding for the Justice Department, aides said Monday — a hearing that would likely have been overtaken by questions about the federal probe into potential collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.

DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said the canceled testimony, which has been planned for Thursday, was due to a scheduling conflict. The Senate Appropriations Committee had announced Sessions’ appearance last week, although the testimony was not included in the weekly guidance from the Justice Department.

“We expect this will be rescheduled shortly,” Flores said in an e-mail.

Other Cabinet officials are traveling to Capitol Hill this week to discuss details of President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal, which will be formally unveiled on Tuesday. But with Sessions, Democrats are sure to raise questions about the controversy swirling around the Trump White House and the Russia investigation, as well as Trump’s surprise firing of former FBI Director James Comey earlier this month.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/22/jeff-sessions-senate-testimony-canceled-238685

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Sessions' Senate testimony canceled this week (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2017 OP
Jeffy got to Get His Lies in Order mark fromelko May 2017 #1
Probably going to get together with tRump's lawyering up lawyers & spin doctors ffr May 2017 #2
Maybe that's why Priebus and Bannon headed home early. woodsprite May 2017 #8
Drats!! delayed another 3 weeks. riversedge May 2017 #3
REC. riversedge May 2017 #4
Sessions hearing rescheduled for June riversedge May 2017 #5
Traveling ? Traveling back in time to the Confederacy, no doubt.... OnDoutside May 2017 #7
republican perjury prep takes time Achilleaze May 2017 #6

ffr

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2. Probably going to get together with tRump's lawyering up lawyers & spin doctors
Mon May 22, 2017, 05:40 PM
May 2017

"a hearing that would likely have been overtaken by questions about the federal probe into potential collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign." As it should be. What was Sessions' part in all this RussiaGate?

This is getting good!

riversedge

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5. Sessions hearing rescheduled for June
Tue May 23, 2017, 05:10 AM
May 2017




CNN Politics?Verified account @CNNPolitics 4h4 hours ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Senate Appropriations hearing is rescheduled for June http://cnn.it/2qdK4LA






Sessions hearing rescheduled for June


http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/jeff-sessions-hill-testimony-rescheduled/index.html?sr=twpol052217jeff-sessions-hill-testimony-rescheduled1050PMVODtopLink&linkId=37891479



By Jeremy Herb, CNN



(CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions is no longer appearing before two congressional committees this week.
The Senate Appropriations hearing has been rescheduled for June.

Sessions was scheduled to testify before House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on Wednesday and Thursday to talk about the Justice Department budget, but he was sure to face questions over the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his recusal from the Russia investigation.


Many Democrats criticized Sessions for playing a role in the firing of Comey over his recusal in the Russia investigation after Trump said that the investigation was part of his decision to dismiss Comey.



An administration official said the hearing was rescheduled due to a scheduling conflict, because Sessions was traveling.......................
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