you see the defense. our guy talks to people all the time. and that when he was asked the question he was not misleading, forgetting, or lying. he was simply saying that it was he was asked about a campaign conversation and that it was not a campaign conversation. we have a new statement on background from a white house official, that is a out when official not for atry bulldogs. general sessions met with the ambassador in an official compassion as a member of the senate armed svs committee which is consistent with his system. testimony. it s no surprise senatorial franken is pushing the story following the successful address to the nation. ellen, you had a question as a long-time d.o.d. official about the timing of this series of events. right. i guess i m really surprised that senator sessions wouldn t
and 2 trump aign, knots about meetings he took as senator. you see the defense. our guy talks to people all the time. and that when he was asked the question he was not misleading, forgetting, or lying. he was simply saying that it was he was asked about a campaign conversation and that it was not a campaign conversation. we have a new statement on background from a white house official, that is a out when official not for atry bulldogs. general sessions met with the ambassador in an official compassion as a member of the senate armed svs committee which is consistent with his system. testimony. it s no surprise senatorial franken is pushing the story following the successful address to the nation. ellen, you had a question as a long-time d.o.d. official about the timing of this series of
one who sets the standard for all of our u.s. attorneys throughout the country, i don t think that that s a good place for him to be. congressman i ve been handed this statement time stamped 11 kwlun 30 a.m. eastern time, statement from the attorney general. attorney general sessions has provided the following statement: i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. i have no idea what this allegation is about. it is false. and congressman, as you know, part of their defense tonight is that our guy now the attorney general was on senate foreign relations armed services. armed services, rather, and he met with a lot of people. that was part of his job. sure. we all do. but the fact is that we knew that the russians war medaling and there was rumors coming forward. come on, brian. you would remember first of all, let s go back. president trump as late as the
forgot, let them know that yes, i did meet with the russian ambassador or whatever. that did not happen. he had plenty of opportunity to correct the record. again, i think he has to answer to all of this. i think the statement that you just read is insufficient. as a lawyer i would tell you that i think most members of the senate, republican or democrat would look behind that story to find out what this all means. i m telling you, brian. we re at a point and i ve said this to my caucus this is a fight for the soul of our democracy in more ways than one. i think that we need to go back to something called integrity and try and make sure that all of our institutions are operating at the highest level of integrity and we cannot have the constant attacks on the fbi, the cia, all those very pillars that underpin this great thing we call a democracy. elijah cummings, democrat
russian ambassador during trump s campaign. they say that s the first draf of what s two stories now. we have a guest on the phone to talk about this aspect of the story. democratic congressman elijah cummings of maryland. ranking member among the democrats of the house oversight committee kchlt congressman, your reaction, your response to the story about the attorney general? it was shocking to the conscience that the number one law enforcement person in our country, the pun who one who se done for u.s. attorneys all over this entire country would sit in a hearing and not tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to the senate of the united states of america. it is shocking. and i think at the very least,