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Mon Mar 27, 2017, 03:41 PM Mar 2017

Criminal Complaint Filed Against Attorney General Jeff Sessions For Obstruction Of Justice [View all]

Our Repug congress will do nothing. Maybe this will


http://www.politicususa.com/2017/03/27/criminal-complaint-filed-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-perjury-obstruction-justice.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=im




Criminal Complaint Filed Against Attorney General Jeff Sessions For Obstruction Of Justice


By Jason Easley on Mon, Mar 27th, 2017 at 2:14 pm


A criminal complaint has been filed against Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions accusing him of perjury and obstruction of justice.

The criminal complaint which was filed with the Inspector General’s Office and the Office of Professional Responsibility states, “The criminal conduct described in this complaint relates to testimony and false statements about communications between Sessions and the Russian ambassador that were made by Sessions to the Senate Judiciary Committee. It also concerns Sessions’ acts of concealing his crimes, covering up his crimes, impeding the investigation his crimes, interfering with the prosecution of his crimes, conspiring to commit crimes and otherwise interfering with or impeding the proper administration of the Department of Justice.”

The complainants are 23 residents of Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, California, and Vermont. The complainants are demanding a Special Counsel to investigate Sessions and the Russia scandal, numerous federal investigations, and an indictment of Sessions for violations of federal law.

The attorney for the complainants, attorney J. Whitfield Larrabee, said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, “Attorney General Sessions is putting his own personal interest above the interest of the people of the United States by failing to resign. Because there are grounds not only to investigate but also to charge Sessions with several crimes, the integrity of the Department of Justice will be destroyed so long as Sessions remains in office. Prosecutors at the Department of Justice cannot properly investigate this matter while Sessions remains in office because of a natural reluctance to aggressively probe and .....................

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HA! THIS makes me happy! furtheradu Mar 2017 #1
I think this is misleading. 33taw Mar 2017 #2
Reporting a Crime Roy Rolling Mar 2017 #4
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure L. Coyote Mar 2017 #12
I'm a lawyer. I had the same reaction. Misleading title. Shrike47 Mar 2017 #17
They don't have standing, do they? LeftInTX Mar 2017 #23
Yes, much is missing. Standing may be a problem too Alice11111 Mar 2017 #26
Sessions needs to resign! BlueStateBlue Mar 2017 #3
This whole "adminstration" needs to resign meow2u3 Mar 2017 #10
Yes. Pipe dream, unless we force him legally. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #27
No Mulligans! R B Garr Mar 2017 #5
Wow! They can DO that? I thought the DOJ had to do that. Just WOW! Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #6
Yes! bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #7
Good. Need multiple attacks to crack the case(s) open. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #8
Best News!!! zentrum Mar 2017 #9
Good. Sessions is a corrupt, that liar and we need to get rid of him. The AG notdarkyet Mar 2017 #11
Kick for exposure! red dog 1 Mar 2017 #13
Great news, every opportunity and method that NoMoreRepugs Mar 2017 #14
Can any American sign on as an amicus? Achilleaze Mar 2017 #15
Before anyone gets too excited, the lawyer filing this complaint does this all the time onenote Mar 2017 #16
Not yet...anyway n/t jaysunb Mar 2017 #18
True. But his track record suggests no one takes him seriously. onenote Mar 2017 #19
Think, Larry Clayman :) n/t jaysunb Mar 2017 #20
Yep. The difference is that Klayman, while an unethical jerk, actually filed real lawsuits onenote Mar 2017 #22
Yeah, this is going nowhere. progressoid Mar 2017 #25
Oh, happy day! (Oh happy day) Oh happy day! (Oh happy day) lindysalsagal Mar 2017 #21
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Special Counsel, Michael Ellis, now works for Trump L. Coyote Mar 2017 #24
URGENT! CALLING LAWYERS DC, ALABAMA! Hold celebration Alice11111 Mar 2017 #28
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2017 #29
Remember the Civil Suits against the Electoral College? brooklynite Mar 2017 #30
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