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anybody actually think Sessions was truthful in front of Mueller ? (Original Post) bluestarone Jan 2018 OP
if he wasnt...what would mueller do? samnsara Jan 2018 #1
Mueller probably already had records. haele Jan 2018 #9
If Sessions is smart and getting good counsel, he told the truth, even if it contradicted prior Pachamama Jan 2018 #2
Isn't That A Pretty Big No No? SoCalMusicLover Jan 2018 #3
you think Mueller asked him that exact question?? bluestarone Jan 2018 #7
I've had the same thought PJMcK Jan 2018 #27
Perjury or Treason... NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #31
No Iliyah Jan 2018 #4
Behind closed doors, perhaps a tad more truthful if his memory got refreshed Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #5
I agree. Orrex Jan 2018 #16
I am sure he just said "I don't recall" to every question. nycbos Jan 2018 #6
true but could Mueller refresh his memory with a little something? bluestarone Jan 2018 #8
Jill Wine-Banks, ex-Watergate prosecutor, said last night The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #10
Fair point. nycbos Jan 2018 #14
I'm sure Mueller and his team are very good at interrogation. Jim__ Jan 2018 #11
just wondering bluestarone Jan 2018 #13
I don't know what they would have asked him. Jim__ Jan 2018 #23
lying to a federal offcial in a federal investigation will get sessions prison time just like it beachbum bob Jan 2018 #12
I think he knows better than to straight-up lie. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #15
I'd bet he pulled his best "golly gee, I don't recall" routine JDC Jan 2018 #17
I kinda hope he wasn't. Iggo Jan 2018 #18
That Was My First Thought, Too Leith Jan 2018 #22
Was he able to plead the 5th? Roland99 Jan 2018 #19
no idea here bluestarone Jan 2018 #20
mueller is probably drowning in lies from these fuckers spanone Jan 2018 #21
He lied. He expects a pardon. kairos12 Jan 2018 #24
lol uponit7771 Jan 2018 #25
I don't think, "ay cain't rememba, ay don racaul" works wih Mueller Motley13 Jan 2018 #26
Did he tell the truth? Did he lie? I think either way he is just SCREWED, because we all know what Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #28
I am confident gratuitous Jan 2018 #29
Nyet! dae Jan 2018 #30
He is evil but not stupid. He knows the law well. He did not lie. Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #32
I simply do not recall.. pbmus Jan 2018 #33
Love it, havent seen this one before! MLAA Jan 2018 #37
Does a bear shit in the woods? randr Jan 2018 #34
Probably inadvertently. shanny Jan 2018 #35
I think Sessions is a rank amateur in legal matters... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #36
I read somewhere that shit weasel didnt take a lawyer to the interview.... MLAA Jan 2018 #38
I'm guessing he tried to go into long explanations without directly answering JI7 Jan 2018 #39

haele

(12,581 posts)
9. Mueller probably already had records.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:28 PM
Jan 2018

It's really, really hard to lie when someone is checking your statements against the paperwork in front of him...

Haele

Pachamama

(16,873 posts)
2. If Sessions is smart and getting good counsel, he told the truth, even if it contradicted prior
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:23 PM
Jan 2018

....testimony and statements. If he lied, and Mueller has the proof he did, he could face prison and a lot of misery ahead.

We will see if Jeffy has good counsel or if he is smart....

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
3. Isn't That A Pretty Big No No?
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:23 PM
Jan 2018

Would he really risk that? Or do you think he's already gotten promises for a pardon?

bluestarone

(16,720 posts)
7. you think Mueller asked him that exact question??
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:26 PM
Jan 2018

Did tRump promise to pardon you? and did Mueller ask that of everyone in front of him? I'm sure hoping he did!!!!

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
27. I've had the same thought
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 06:09 PM
Jan 2018

Trump ignorantly thought that his pardon powers were limitless. I'm sure he was pissed when he was informed of his limitations!

What would it mean, in a legal sense, if Trump had promised to pardon Sessions in order to influence his actions? Seems like a crime, sort of a quid pro quo.

Freethinker65

(9,928 posts)
5. Behind closed doors, perhaps a tad more truthful if his memory got refreshed
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:25 PM
Jan 2018

...If his memory got refreshed by Mueller explaining that Sessions may have been inadvertently caught under surveillance for some time previous to joining the Trump campaign

Orrex

(63,083 posts)
16. I agree.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:57 PM
Jan 2018

It's one thing to lie to Congress when Congress is controlled by Trump-friendly enablers, but perjuring yourself behind closed doors is a very different matter when it's your own ass on the line.

Also, I suspect that Mueller won't put up with any of that "pre-emptive Executive Privilege" bullshit that Sessions pulled on Congress.

nycbos

(6,032 posts)
6. I am sure he just said "I don't recall" to every question.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:26 PM
Jan 2018

I have a few friends who are lawyers who said the reason why that answer is used a lot is because it is almost impossible to prove a lie when someone uses that phrase.

bluestarone

(16,720 posts)
8. true but could Mueller refresh his memory with a little something?
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:28 PM
Jan 2018

then lying again Mueller would have his ass

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
10. Jill Wine-Banks, ex-Watergate prosecutor, said last night
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:35 PM
Jan 2018

on MSNBC that if you lie about not remembering something that you do remember, that's perjury. Of course they'd have to have evidence that he did know about something he claimed not to "remember," but she said they hung up some of the Watergate defendants with that threat. I'm sure Sessions is well aware of the fact that you can push the "I don't remember" claim only so far.

Jim__

(14,045 posts)
11. I'm sure Mueller and his team are very good at interrogation.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jan 2018

Sessions would have to be the biggest fool of all time to lie for Trump.

bluestarone

(16,720 posts)
13. just wondering
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:49 PM
Jan 2018

you think Mueller asked Sessions if tRump ever discuss pardons?? I think that would be an appropriate question!

Jim__

(14,045 posts)
23. I don't know what they would have asked him.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:48 PM
Jan 2018

I do believe that they both knew what questions were important to ask, and that they asked those questions. Sessions would be wise to answer everything truthfully.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
12. lying to a federal offcial in a federal investigation will get sessions prison time just like it
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jan 2018

did Martha Steward

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
15. I think he knows better than to straight-up lie.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 03:56 PM
Jan 2018

He probably offered some weaselly answers that were not actually untruthful, but Sessions has been in the business too long not to understand the consequences of lying in an investigation like this.

Leith

(7,802 posts)
22. That Was My First Thought, Too
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:06 PM
Jan 2018

From what we know of Sessions and tRump, 45 probably told Sessions what to say to questions. Any passing resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
28. Did he tell the truth? Did he lie? I think either way he is just SCREWED, because we all know what
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 06:13 PM
Jan 2018

the hell went on here...and that's only the info we have. So either way no matter what he said HE IS SCREWED, and if he ain't he's helping to make others that I can't stand SCREWED. So what a wonderful END to a SHAMEFUL career.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
29. I am confident
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 06:29 PM
Jan 2018

I am confident that the investigators didn't ask Sessions any questions they didn't already know the answer to. At this point, they probably have a pretty fair idea of what went on, who was in what meeting and when, and what was discussed among the participants at any particular meeting. If Sessions tries to claim that he wasn't in a meeting when seven other guys say he was, or if he says he got hypnotized by a little green man from outer space that nobody else in the room saw, the investigators can be pretty sure he's lying.

Sessions should know who the investigators have talked with so far, and any little detours he tries to take from the truth will be quite apparent.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
35. Probably inadvertently.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:22 PM
Jan 2018

I don't think he is terribly bright, or capable of seeing a perjury trap if it had a red neon sign around it.

Wounded Bear

(58,436 posts)
36. I think Sessions is a rank amateur in legal matters...
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:30 PM
Jan 2018

He may have "years of experience" but I think he's a buffoon who tries to get by on his good old boy smile and pixie features.

He's a weasel, and I think Mueller has a lot of experience dealing with weasels like him.

IMHO, Sessions is neck deep in the Russian shit.

MLAA

(17,162 posts)
38. I read somewhere that shit weasel didnt take a lawyer to the interview....
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jan 2018

Suggesting he had flipped already and is cooperating.

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