Russian envoy overheard saying he discussed campaign with Sessions: Washington Post
Record ID:
903580
Russian envoy overheard saying he discussed campaign with Sessions: Washington Post
- Title: Russian envoy overheard saying he discussed campaign with Sessions: Washington Post
- Date: 21st July 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 10, 2017) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENATOR AL FRANKEN, DEMOCRAT OF MINNESOTA, SAYING: "If there is an evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the campaign what would you do? (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE JEFF SESSIONS SAYING: "Senator Franken I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at time or two in that campaign and I didn't have any communication with the Russians and I'm not able to comment."
- Embargoed: 5th August 2017 00:57
- Keywords: Jeff Sessions Ambassador Sergei Kislyak Attorney General Trump campaign U.S. intelligence agencies
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0046QNWZ0N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russia's ambassador to Washington was overheard by U.S. spy agencies telling his bosses he had discussed campaign-related matters, including issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, the Washington Post reported on Friday (July 21), citing current and former U.S. officials.
Ambassador Sergei Kislyak's accounts of two conversations with Sessions, then a U.S. senator and key foreign policy adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump, were intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies, the officials told the Post.
Sessions at first failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said the meetings were not about the Trump campaign. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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