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The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:01 AM Jul 2017

Justice Department Defies Court Deadline To Release Sessions' Contacts With Russians

Source: NPR

In defiance of a court order, the Justice Department is refusing to release part of a security form dealing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contacts with the Russian government.

On June 12, a judge had ordered the agency to provide the information within 30 days, a deadline that passed on Wednesday.

A recently launched ethics watchdog group called American Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act request in March for sections of the Standard Form 86 relating to Sessions' contact "with any official of the Russian government."

"Jeff Sessions is our nation's top law enforcement officer, and it is shocking one of his first acts after being named Attorney General was to mislead his own agency about a matter of national security," the group's executive director, Austin Evers, said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/13/536982193/justice-department-defies-court-deadline-to-release-sessions-contacts-with-russi



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Justice Department Defies Court Deadline To Release Sessions' Contacts With Russians (Original Post) The_jackalope Jul 2017 OP
It is now time to have the Sargent of Arms of Congress and the government go an arrest Sessions turbinetree Jul 2017 #1
Well, that means he must be innocent! forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #2
Sessions is all about locking em up-law and order yet he thinks he is Above the law. riversedge Jul 2017 #3
......A status conference in the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the U.S. District Court riversedge Jul 2017 #4
Another nothingburger lol jpak Jul 2017 #5
Update Heron5 Jul 2017 #6
A day late and a dollar (or two) short... The_jackalope Jul 2017 #7
"No"!? MGKrebs Jul 2017 #9
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. Stop emboldening them with allowances and slaps on the wrist! nt chowder66 Jul 2017 #8

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
1. It is now time to have the Sargent of Arms of Congress and the government go an arrest Sessions
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:16 AM
Jul 2017

now, this is contempt of the court, there is nothing else but utter contempt, he falsified that government document and needs to held accountable-----------------now


Fuck him




riversedge

(69,713 posts)
4. ......A status conference in the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the U.S. District Court
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:40 AM
Jul 2017

looks like we might have an update -hopefully soon.


......A status conference in the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Heron5

(69 posts)
6. Update
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 01:03 PM
Jul 2017

In a filing Thursday morning with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department released that part of Sessions' form which poses the question:

"Have you or any of your immediate family in the past seven (7) years [bold font in original] had any contact with a foreign government, its establishment (such as embassy, consulate, agency, military service, intelligence or security service, etc.) or its representatives, whether inside or outside the U.S.?"

Sessions checked "No."


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/13/536982193/justice-department-defies-court-deadline-to-release-sessions-contacts-with-russi

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
9. "No"!?
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 01:10 PM
Jul 2017

Is that it? No?
Congress does need to assert itself here.
That is a bald-faced, obvious, verifiable lie. This is exactly why we have congressional oversight and separation of powers. You can't just flout the law like that.

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