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to the United States,_ Eustice Department member of the influential Armed Services
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disclose when asked about possible foreign policy advisers. Sessions played a
contacts between members of President prominent role supporting Trump on the
Trump' s campaign and representatives stump alter formally joine. the campaign
of Moscow during Sessions' s - in February 2016,
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took place in September in the senator' s that anyone affiliated with the Trump , Sen, . Leahy iah" ] asked Session's for 'mowers ha written
office, at the height ehwhat . campaign communicated with the Enigma questions. "Several of the nominees or "mor advisers have
intelligence officials say was a Russian government in the course of the sols Russian ties. Have you been in with 'Pr''"'. collected in mmy part of
cyber to uped the up t: . the Gaussian government about the 2016 election. either before or alter
presidential race. jaetter, day?" Leahy write, " H
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could Fuel new congressional calls for called a surrogate at atime or two in that ,' i', idel, 1' ' t, e, issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this
the of a special counsel to campaign and I did not have chinmusic- a eqation IS a t. it " .
investigate Russia' s alleged role in the adorn with the Russians." Justice officials said s, ersion met with lim str? 8 in his chasity ali a
Presidential eler: tiem., As member of the armed services panel rather than in his role as a hump
general, Sessions oversees the Justice said Sessions did not consider ‘? 'arrogate, _
Department and the FBI, which have the conversations relevant to the He was asked dur? m the hearer abdl, t between Russia uh
been leading investigations into Russian lawmakers' questions and did not the Trump campaign - metiers, took ''l' a and a
meddling and any links to Temprl remember in detail what he discussed member pf the Armed Services Committee, Flores said.
He has an far ranted calls with , The Russian ambassador did correspond to requests for comment about his
There was absolutely nothing misleading Last month, There were reports that Trump national security adviser Michael
about his answer," said Sarah faires, Flynn had discussed US, sanctions with , s, s the month bet: ore
Sessions); spokeswoman, Thump took office, contrary to public assertions by Mike Pence, the vice
and other top Trump oft' actaly. Flynn was forced to resign
the Following week.
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material for E audience is allowing any eventual legal action
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into the affair power to bring Le Pen in Tuesday by the legal affairs committee of
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of the election in April and May would accessible on several websites. "this does
require the French legal process to go not alter the fact that their violent nature
much faster than it normally does. is likely to undermine human dignity".,
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