Up to His Neck

Jeff Sessions days as Attorney General may be numbered.

When Donald Trump's campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty and agreed to assist prosecutors in the criminal investigation into the President, his campaign, and associates, he signed a plea deal with an interesting revelation: Sessions sat in on a meeting when contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign were discussed and specifically how they wanted to help Trump win (details here). There's even a photo of that meeting, and Sessions can clearly be seen sitting opposite Trump himself.

Trouble is, this revelation directly contradicts the repeated statements Sessions made when he was under oath, testifying before Congress, that he was unaware of any conversations between "anyone connected to the Trump campaign" and the Russians.

And last night, CNN broke the story (link here) that another former senior Trump staff member, Carter Page, has testified under oath that he too told Sessions about contacts between himself, on behalf of the campaign, and Russia.

So now two more people have revealed that Sessions committed perjury by making false statements under oath before Congress. This is in addition to revelations earlier this year that Sessions himself twice spoke directly to the Russian ambassador when he was part of the campaign (details here).

This means at least four specific contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians occured that Sessions knew about, yet he repeatedly testified he was unaware of any such communications.

He lied under oath. Repeatedly. And now for that reason, some Senators want him to testify again about why he did not reveal all of these contacts he knew about. Some Senators have even said on the record that Sessions must step down.

Stay tuned.