What RS contacts are you talking about? The reception line? Really? I’ve stood in reception lines at diplomatic events and I can’t remember who I shook hands with. He didn’t lie about anything.
First, I did get the name wrong. Someone up thread said they thought it was Lavrov, and rather than look it up I copied. So much for that.
The name is Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Sessions had two conversations with him. One was at an RNC-related event. If that had been the only contact, I could believe that Sessions ‘just forgot.’
The second meeting with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was in Sessions’ office. The, ‘I just forgot,’ excuse won’t work here. Senators have journals, secretaies, schedules and aides. There is no way to block out a tete-a-tete with the Russian ambassador in a Senator’s private office. This fact was known to Sessions.
Yet subsequently Sessions admitted he’d been part of Trump’s campaign, and then catagorically denied any and all communications with the Russians.
That was not an honest mistake. That was a lie—and it cost Trump dearly.