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<\/p>\nJeff Sessions Failed to Disclose Meetings with Russians in Security Clearance Application<\/b><\/p>\n
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions\u00a0failed to disclose meetings with Russian officials, in his security clearance application, CNN reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Sessions, who met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at least two times last year, didn\u2019t note those interactions on the form, which requires him to list \u201cany contact\u201d he or his family had with a \u201cforeign government\u201d or its \u201crepresentatives\u201d over the past seven years, officials said.<\/p>\n The new information from the Justice Department is the latest example of Sessions failing to disclose contacts he had with Russian officials. He has come under withering criticism from Democrats following revelations that he did not disclose the same contacts with Kislyak<\/a> during his Senate confirmation hearings earlier this year.<\/p>\n Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the top Dem on the House Judiciary Committee has called for an investigation into Sessions<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cIn the face of an ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign\u2019s contact with the Russian government \u2013\u2013 an investigation from which Mr. Sessions is recused because of his failure to disclose similar contacts \u2013\u2013 the Attorney General\u2019s decision to omit this information from his security clearance application demands the House Judiciary Committee\u2019s careful review,\u201d Conyers said in a statement.<\/p>\n Conyers is pressing Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte<\/a><\/span> (R-Va.) for immediate hearing on the matter. Sessions, a former Alabama senator who was the first upper-chamber lawmaker to endorse President Trump last year, has been a controversial figure in the Justice Department\u2019s ongoing investigation into potential collusion between Russia and Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n The post Jeff Sessions Failed to Disclose Meetings with Russians in Security Clearance Application<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\nRELATED:\u00a0Jeff Sessions Spoke with Russian Envoy During Campaign, Lied About It Under Oath: WATCH<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n