Senator Franken exchange with Attorney General Sessions at oversight hearing

Minnesota Senator Al Franken questions former colleague Attorney General Jeff Sessions at an oversight hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee about an exchange during his confirmation hearing months earlier and differing accounts in the nine months since about any alleged communications with Russians as a trump campaign surrogate 2016, Sessions growing frustrated and pushing back on Franken’s assertion of moving goalposts, seeking a chance to respond and to give him a break because his were not a simple question, he had been taken aback by the dramatic statement made in the confirmation hearing based on a report just published, saying without hesitation that he had no improper conversations. First part of lengthy exchange then continued by the chairman.
Minnesota Senator Al Franken questions former colleague Attorney General Jeff Sessions at an oversight hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee about an exchange during his confirmation hearing months earlier and differing accounts in the nine months since about any alleged communications with Russians as a trump campaign surrogate 2016, Sessions growing frustrated and pushing back on Franken’s assertion of moving goalposts, seeking a chance to respond and to give him a break because his were not a simple question, he had been taken aback by the dramatic statement made in the confirmation hearing based on a report just published, saying without hesitation that he had no improper conversations. First part of lengthy exchange then continued by the chairman.
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October 18, 2017
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