[Fantasywriter]

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.

[Salvavida]

Exactly. All official business, which would not have been on his radar. You don't ask a foreign service officer or anyone else is federal government if they have had contact with Russians. All of US policy (which I have at times contributed to) is based on undisclosed, unofficial business. Do you not get that? There is no one in federal government that would report these instances. WHY? Because it is their fcking job to engage and have audiences with foreigners. I've done it for 15+ years in both State and DoD, and those types of contact are not part of the criteria to report.

Geeeeezz.