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former9thward

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26. No and no.

Thu May 25, 2017, 06:14 AM

May 2017

You commit fraud when you knowingly and intentional deceive the IRS. If a professional prepares your return and makes an error you have committed no crime by signing it. You certainly can rely on advice from the FBI when filing out national security forms.

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Sessions Was Advised Not to Disclose Russia Meetings on Security Forms [View all] brooklynite May 2017 OP

Could he go to jail please, a private one too. dem4decades May 2017 #1

The FBI told Sessions not to disclose meetings with Russian officials? manicraven May 2017 #2

Huh. furtheradu May 2017 #5

One of his republican underlings Achilleaze May 2017 #23

It shouldn't matter who advised, he knowingly and willingly LIED! ATL Ebony May 2017 #17

Yeah, like on an income tax form, they make it clear that Tanuki May 2017 #21

No and no. former9thward May 2017 #26

Per IRS Tanuki May 2017 #31

I guess you don't read what you post. former9thward May 2017 #37

If you are in collusion with the "advisor" and know damn well you are omitting Tanuki May 2017 #40

No atreides1 May 2017 #34

I know what a SF-86 requires. I have filled them out myself. former9thward May 2017 #38

A lie is a lie and collusion is collusion - PERIOD! ATL Ebony May 2017 #45

An FBI agent is NOT 'the' FBI Maeve May 2017 #33

Write this one up and investigate what happened MiddleClass May 2017 #53

The dog ate my homework. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #41

Is this being floated as a way to make Sessions be absolved of omission? Or walk him deeper into FailureToCommunicate May 2017 #3

Sessions repeatedly denied it in open hearings, too. Gimme a break, Prior. nt greyl May 2017 #4

Absolutely a certified criminal. ATL Ebony May 2017 #46

Yes but..... Yes but... magicarpet May 2017 #48

I guess they forgot about that. njhoneybadger May 2017 #51

He met them as a campaign surrogate and not as a Senator. That is why Trump chose him for AG. Freethinker65 May 2017 #6

+1, the wording " connected with his Senate activities" is the key here ... Sessions still bold face uponit7771 May 2017 #20

The meetings we know about were on capital hill in his Senate offices. Calista241 May 2017 #24

Why are you sticking up for this man? Why? George II May 2017 #56

Because I think we lose credibility when people claim conspiracy about everything. Calista241 May 2017 #57

Sorry, I disagree. He did not fully disclose his contacts with the Russians (that's a nice way... George II May 2017 #58

I disagree. I think he absolutely would have been confirmed. Calista241 May 2017 #61

I guess I'm not a Sessions, and de facto trump, apologist. George II May 2017 #62

Neither am I. Just a realist. Calista241 May 2017 #63

So who was this mystery FBI person who gave him false info about the forms? pnwmom May 2017 #7

That is what Jeffery Toobin wanted to know LeftInTX May 2017 #12

Pres. Obama did it -- disguised as FBI agent. (Everyone knows NCjack May 2017 #52

The FBI told him to lie on a federal form? pecosbob May 2017 #8

That strains credibility Merlot May 2017 #10

NY field office? I wonder. Qutzupalotl May 2017 #11

+1 uponit7771 May 2017 #18

Doesn't matter. The little twerp lied and it's a felony. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #42

Yep, those tRumpsters are pretty gullible. elmac May 2017 #13

Exactly. That was the Nuremberg defense, I was only following orders. Session's still_one May 2017 #28

He should have reported the person who told him to lie Dream Girl May 2017 #9

He shouldn't have falsefied the form. He is in violation of federal law still_one May 2017 #30

I'm sorry! Sessions is supposedly the top Attorney in our nation... VigilantG May 2017 #14

Hey, sometimes you get bad advice. Doesn't absolve you of guilt. eggplant May 2017 #15

Anyone associated with Trumpy is awash in lies. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #43

Ignorance isn't a defense. Especially from a lawyer. OnDoutside May 2017 #16

Especially from the Attorney General C_U_L8R May 2017 #27

Yeah, here's the stinger ".... connected with his Senate activities.... " uponit7771 May 2017 #19

This DeminPennswoods May 2017 #22

The two meetings we know about, both happened in his Senate offices on capital hill. Calista241 May 2017 #25

One meeting happened at the GOP Convention and one in his office. n/t tammywammy May 2017 #35

That's true. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #44

Were his advisors Jared and Ivanka? The tight cabal livetohike May 2017 #29

Well, if he's such a sap he takes advice that amounts to committing a crime, what the heck Vinca May 2017 #32

i love your logic! KewlKat May 2017 #49

Let's see his emails! MGKrebs May 2017 #36

purposeful errors of ommissions is considered the same as lying, except when conservatives do it beachbum bob May 2017 #39

Per Sessons orders.. Maxheader May 2017 #47

This man knows better. He lied several times! Sunlei May 2017 #50

"thousands of foreign dignitaries". . . . . really? busy boy, eh? niyad May 2017 #54

I don't think Russia should be our adversary, but these guys trying to cover it up... yurbud May 2017 #55

Well, Russia IS. Russian oligarchs would love to destroy Western democracies. Why else do you think WinkyDink May 2017 #60

How do you think they got the oligarchs? Our banks told the collapsing Soviet Union to privatize yurbud May 2017 #66

Russia's military budget is a sixth of ours and their economy is a seventh. yurbud May 2017 #67

Trump is a fuckwit, and if the Russians bought him, they are probably looking for the receipt yurbud May 2017 #68

I don't believe any of this claim. NO FBI guy would have so advised; and NO "Justice Department WinkyDink May 2017 #59

At one time, like in 2016, xxqqqzme May 2017 #64

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is a lawyer, he knows very well what the law means bigtime May 2017 #65