Let us be clear: Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not commit perjury. He simply misspoke.
Sessions may not have been completely clear about his contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 election, but it’s clear he did nothing unethical or dishonest — and President Donald Trump just SLAMMED the dishonest Democratic “witch hunt” that is hinting he did.
Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to set the record straight —
Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017
…intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017
…to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election, and now they have lost their grip on reality. The real story…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017
…is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total "witch hunt!"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2017
Don’t tell the mainstream media, however. Fed by feigned Democratic outrage, the liberal talking heads have gone all-in on attacking Sessions — and thanks to the 24-hour news cycle, the overblown controversy is not going to fade away anytime soon.
Sessions on Thursday became the second high-ranking member of the Trump administration to take a hit over conversations with Russia’s envoy to the U.S., recusing himself from any probe that examines communications between Trump aides and Moscow but facing down calls for his resignation.An early backer and key adviser for Trump’s campaign, Sessions said his staff recommended that he step aside from a probe.
“I feel I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in,” he said.
Sessions’ action followed revelations that he twice spoke with the Russian ambassador, one of the 25 foreign ambassadors he met with in 2016 while a senator. Though he rejected any suggestion that he tried to mislead anyone, he did allow that he should have been more careful in his testimony.
“I should have slowed down and said, ‘But I did meet one Russian official a couple of times,'” he said.
It is worth repeating that there is nothing unusual about a member of Congress meeting with a foreign ambassador.
— The Horn editorial team