Washington Post: US Attorney General Sessions Discussed Trump Campaign-Related Matters With Russian Ambassador

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is sworn in to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to become U.S. attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Washington Post: Sessions discussed Trump campaign-related matters with Russian ambassador, U.S. intelligence intercepts show

Russia’s ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. officials.

Ambassador Sergey Kislyak’s accounts of two conversations with Sessions — then a top foreign policy adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump — were intercepted by U.S. spy agencies, which monitor the communications of senior Russian officials both in the United States and in Russia. Sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump campaign.

One U.S. official said that Sessions — who testified that he has no recollection of an April encounter — has provided “misleading” statements that are “contradicted by other evidence.” A former official said that the intelligence indicates that Sessions and Kislyak had “substantive” discussions on matters including Trump’s positions on Russia-related issues and prospects for U.S.-Russia relations in a Trump administration.

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WNU Editor: I love these late Friday afternoon bombshell news reports on an intelligence leak from an anonymous source. But what is interesting about this one is that it comes on the heels of President Trump hinting that he wants Attorney General Sessions gone .... US Attorney General Session Has No Intention Of Resigning After President Trump's Criticism (July 20, 2017). If I was someone who believes in conspiracies .... I would say there is a link. But I am sceptical that the White House is sophisticated enough to pull such a stunt .... especially a day after President Trump's criticisms of Jeff Sessions. Most likely this story is bogus .... one of many that the Washington Post has made in the past few months. But if it is true .... the intel community is still leaking top secret information .... and Attorney General Sessions will be under a lot of pressure to resign .... which is beyond weird because he was mandated to stop these leaks and to bring these rogue elements to justice.

Update: The Justice Department is saying that the Washington Post story is untrue .... Justice Department hits back at report citing anonymous sources that Sessions may have lied about Russia contacts (FOX News).