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[Vanillalite]

NPR

In defiance of a court order, the Justice Department is refusing to release part of a security form dealing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contacts with the Russian government.

On June 12, a judge had ordered the agency to provide the information within 30 days, a deadline which passed on Wednesday.

A status conference in the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

So... what happens here, exactly? Like, is the lack of compliance punishable in any fashion?

 

[NewFresh]

So... what happens here, exactly? Like, is the lack of compliance punishable in any fashion?

This is my question as well.

 

[Deku Tree]

Can the attorney general be held in contempt of court?

 

[Vanillalite]

So... what happens here, exactly? Like, is the lack of compliance punishable in any fashion?

I assume we will get our questions answered somewhat at 10 AM.

 

[Beartruck]

Guess Sessions has decided Contempt of court is better than treason as far as sentencing goes.

 

[mclem]

It's always encouraging to see a justice department defying a court.

No wait, encouraging isn't the right word is it? Terrifying, that's the one I was after. So easy to confuse those two.

 

[theWB27]

I wonder what those contacts could be.

 

[BasicMath]

Can the attorney general be held in contempt of court?

I think so. I think it happened to Eric Holder when he was AG for the Obama Admin for his failure to submit documents related to the Fast and Furious operation years ago.

 

[Any Questions]

Clerical error. Am submitting with Trump when he gets his tax info together. Nothing to worry or see our talk about.

🙈🙉🙊

 

[SwordStruck]

This is just going to happen all at once isn't it.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

That status conference this morning isn't being shown live anywhere is it?

 

[Ac30]

I think so. I think it happened to Eric Holder when he was AG for the Obama Admin for his failure to submit documents related to the Fast and Furious operation years ago.

It didn't:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under...ge-declines-to-hold-holder-in-contempt-196650

The house voted to hold him in contempt of court though.

If he's held in contempt, could/would US Marshalls have to arrest him? I'd assume a fine is the go-to though no?

 

[JP_]

I think so. I think it happened to Eric Holder when he was AG for the Obama Admin for his failure to submit documents related to the Fast and Furious operation years ago.

I thought that was contempt of congress

 

[Horns]

Nothing to hide here right?

 

[entremet]

Again, this is why we need an independent prosecutor. Mueller is not independent, not because he's not a man of integrity, but because he can technically still be fired by the Executive Branch.

 

[Plinko]

It didn't:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under...ge-declines-to-hold-holder-in-contempt-196650

The house voted to hold him in contempt of court though.

If he's held in contempt, could/would US Marshalls have to arrest him? I'd assume a fine is the go-to though no?

LOL at the idea the GOP House would hold a republican in contempt of court.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

This is the guy saying we should be tougher on lawbreakers. Guess he doesn't apply?

 

[Saya]

The now released the form, but it is highly redacted. All information regarding foreign contacts is removed.

https://www.americanoversight.org/w.../07/20170713_AO_Sessions_SF86_Section20B6.pdf

 

[Lambtron]

This is the guy saying we should be tougher on lawbreakers. Guess he doesn't apply?

He's not black or brown, so no, that tough on crime horseshit doesn't apply to him.

 

[ShaunBRS]

All information regarding foreign contacts is removed.

Here's the thing about that, though... shouldn't it be empty?

 

[Ac30]

LOL at the idea the GOP House would hold a republican in contempt of court.

I'm not suggesting the house hold him in contempt, I'm saying the court itself could have if he hadn't released the documents.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Maybe he just forgot the deadline?

But seriously, this is hilariously brazen. Its almost like Sessions thinks anything will happen to him in the short time and hes probably right.

 

[demosthenes]

The now released the form, but it is highly redacted. All information regarding foreign contacts is removed.

https://www.americanoversight.org/w.../07/20170713_AO_Sessions_SF86_Section20B6.pdf

Are you kidding.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

The now released the form, but it is highly redacted. All information regarding foreign contacts is removed.

https://www.americanoversight.org/w.../07/20170713_AO_Sessions_SF86_Section20B6.pdf

So the very information that was requested. I think this is overtaking the Nixon administration as the most corrupt in our history

 

[Generalpsyduck]

The now released the form, but it is highly redacted. All information regarding foreign contacts is removed.

https://www.americanoversight.org/w.../07/20170713_AO_Sessions_SF86_Section20B6.pdf

No way that is legal. They should lock the fucker up till he produces the papers unredacted.

 

[Chozoman]

 

[The Kree]

A republican controlled government just decided that the rules mean nothing anymore.

 

[Binabik15]

Checks and balances. Checks and balances.

I think even corrupt as fuck Euro politicians *cough*Berlusconi*cough* would be hesistant to pull half the shit the Republicans do in public.

 

[Zolo]

Checks and balances. Checks and balances.

I think even corrupt as fuck Euro politicians *cough*Berlusconi*cough* would be hesistant to pull half the shit the Republicans do in public.

They generally would. Trump helped Republicans realize (and his own admin) that you can be blatantly corrupt.

 

[RaidenZR]

This isn't accurate though because in that future there would be no newspapers left.

 

[jelly]

A republican controlled government just decided that the rules mean nothing anymore.

They seem like guidelines at this point. Would Democrats ever change the laws/guidelines in Government if they managed to control both houses so there was zero wiggle room. Trump has shown what a weak framework many aspects of government have.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

Natasha Bertrand
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@NatashaBertrand
Replying to @NatashaBertrand

Per DOJ spox, Kislyak not listed b/c Sessions "was instructed not to list meetings" he had as Senator with foreign dignitaries & their staff

so who instructed him not to list those meetings? Trump? Kushner? Bannon?

 

[Host Samurai]

He needs to go down hard. If there is one person in this administration that gets destroyed I hope it's him. I wish Warren could have grilled him at the hearing.

 

[RaidenZR]

Natasha Bertrand
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@NatashaBertrand
Replying to @NatashaBertrand

Per DOJ spox, Kislyak not listed b/c Sessions "was instructed not to list meetings" he had as Senator with foreign dignitaries & their staff

so who instructed him not to list those meetings? Trump? Kushner? Bannon?

What the fuck? Yeah, that's not shady at all. Totally above board...

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

So is anything going to happen this time?

Some form of penalty at least?

 

[Brandon F]

He needs to go down hard. If there is one person in this administration that gets destroyed I hope it's him. I wish Warren could have grilled him at the hearing.

It really does take a special set of skills to become the most hated man among a murderers row such as Trump, Cornyn, Cruz, Christie, Bannon, Millr, etc...

But I am with you, Sessions deserves nothing but the worst.

 

[Bit-Bit]

Don't rush him, yall! He gets nervous when he's rushed.

 

[KingV]

This and the sweetheart deal for the Russian lawyer are such bullshit.

I just called my R Senator (who sits on the Judiciary Committee) to support a subpoena of Sessions.

No idea if it will move the needle, but I've been facing and/or calling them something everyday about Russia or Trumpcare.

 

[Tovarisc]

so who instructed him not to list those meetings? Trump? Kushner? Bannon?

According Sessions... FBI.

So is anything going to happen this time?

Some form of penalty at least?

Don't expect anything.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

According Sessions... FBI.

I am now awaiting a response by the FBI.

I presume " we have no idea what the attorney general is talking about"

 

[Tovarisc]

I am now awaiting a response by the FBI.

I presume " we have no idea what the attorney general is talking about"

Sessions made that claim... 1-2 months ago when issue came under scrutiny for first time.

FBI didn't say anything back then so don't expect anything now.

 

[Shauni]

If the court holds him in contempt, can Congress really do anything? Does it even involve them at that point?

 

[Tovarisc]

If the court holds him in contempt, can Congress really do anything? Does it even involve them at that point?

He provided requested documents, will courts care about them being redacted?

Why GOP controlled congress would go after one of their own?

 

[Psxphile]

This isn't accurate though because in that future there would be no newspapers left.

Future? That was last Tuesday.

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

so who instructed him not to list those meetings? Trump? Kushner? Bannon?

Kislyak

 

[Shauni]

He provided requested documents, will courts care about them being redacted?

I don't know, for them to decide I guess. Feels like a violation of the request to me unless the FBI really did tell him to do it due to the investigation

Why GOP controlled congress would go after one of their own?

...No, which is why I'm talking about the court in question. If he's held in contempt by the court, what can Congress do?

 

[BlueTsunami]

So odds on Sessions being a foreign agent?

 

[Host Samurai]

It really does take a special set of skills to become the most hated man among a murderers row such as Trump, Cornyn, Cruz, Christie, Bannon, Millr, etc...

But I am with you, Sessions deserves nothing but the worst.

This administration has 3 branches.
1) Racist Branch - Sessions, Bannon & Miller
2) Propaganda Branch - Bannon, Kelly Ann, Sanders & Spicy
3) Corrupt Branch - Kushnar, Trump, Tillerson, Pruit etc

He's a living embodiment of an 1800's southern Confederate politician. I find him the most threatening of the administration as he's the head cop on America.

 

[SparkleMotion]

A republican controlled government just decided that the rules mean nothing anymore.

Maybe more people in the country should have voted so this wouldn't have happened.