Witnesses: AG didn’t object to Vlad meet

ATTORNEY GENERAL Jeff Sessions’ claim under oath that he opposed an effort for President Trump’s 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who have spoken to Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional committees.

Sessions has testified to Congress that he “pushed back” against a plan proposed by former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

But the three sources, who spoke to Reuters, said Sessions expressed no objections to Papadopoulos’ idea. One person said Sessions was courteous and said “okay, interesting.”

“It was almost like, ‘Well, thank you and let’s move on to the next person,’” one said.

Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts and is cooperating with Mueller. Sessions previously failed to disclose to Congress meetings he had with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and testified in October that he was not aware of any campaign representatives communicating with Russians.