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Justice Department Defies Court Deadline To Release Sessions' Contacts With Russians

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Zolo

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Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...dline-to-release-sessions-contacts-with-russi

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 that passed on Wednesday.

A recently launched ethics watchdog group called American Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act request in March for sections of the Standard Form 86 relating to Sessions' contact "with any official of the Russian government."
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The Standard Form 86, more commonly called SF86, is a very detailed form required to be filled out for obtaining security clearance for certain government positions. It's the same form presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner has recently had to revise after omitting meetings with Russian officials.

Sessions has admitted speaking with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, at least twice in 2016, which he did not disclose at his confirmation hearing. But in June, Sessions testified to senators that the "suggestion that I participated in any collusion" with the Russian government "is an appalling and detestable lie."

American Oversight says it's nonpartisan, but its staff has connections to Democrats, according to USA Today.

A status conference in the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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UPDATE
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Source: https://www.americanoversight.org/news/doj-releases-redacted-page-sessionss-sf-86-american-oversight

Washington, DC — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a single, heavily-redacted page of Attorney General Jeff Sessions's SF-86 security clearance application form to American Oversight following a lawsuit from the watchdog group.
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UPDATE 2:

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/885515574024994817
NPR‏Verified account @NPR 5m5 minutes ago

NPR Retweeted NPR

UPDATE: The Justice Department has now complied with a federal court order and released part of Sessions' security clearance form
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Do Better

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DOJ is in contempt of court, that's interesting.

I guess they'll claim to have asked for an extension or something.

And you can blatantly lie on the form and just revise it after you get caught, with no consequences?
 
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Sho_Nuff82

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maquiladora said:
"No" lmao


https://twitter.com/NPRKelly/status/885497460956778496
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Kislyak doesn't exist.

If it weren't for the Times/Post the entire admin would have collective amnesia about meeting him, and if weren't for the Russian press (lol), so would the president. Despite the fact that they (Kislyak & Trump) met at least as far back as April of last year, and he was at the inauguration.

He's either the most forgettable diplomat in history, or there was a top down mandate to keep his name out of everyone's mouths.
 
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maquiladora

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Zolo said:
Isn't this already proven a lie?
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Yes.

The first communication took place after a Heritage Foundation event at the 2016 Republican National Convention attended by several ambassadors, including the Russian Ambassador Kislyak who spoke with Senator Sessions. The second interaction took place on September 8, 2016, when they met in Sessions's office
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And there may have been a 3rd meeting at the Mayflower Hotel.
 
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Armaros

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Sho_Nuff82 said:
Kislyak doesn't exist.

If it weren't for the Times/Post the entire admin would have collective amnesia about meeting him, and if weren't for the Russian press (lol), so would the president. Despite the fact that they (Kislyak & Trump) met at least as far back as April of last year, and he was at the inauguration.

He's either the most forgettable diplomat in history, or there was a top down mandate to keep his name out of everyone's mouths.
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Its Collective Kislyak Anemia Syndrome.

Generally only caught by Trump associates and causes suffers to completely forget any and all interactions of Kislyak but only when remember these interactions when filling out security forms.
 
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Zolo

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Armaros said:
Its Collective Kislyak Anemia Syndrome.

Generally only caught by Trump associates and causes suffers to completely forget any and all interactions of Kislyak but only when remember these interactions when filling out security forms.
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Including the same day such as not being mentioned by the Trump admin when visiting the White House.
 
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ShaunBRS

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b6 and b7c are personal privacy redactions, but the second section redacted is one that shouldn't be filled out if he answered no to the previous question.

Why redact that?
 
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