Sessions: Accusations Against Me Are ‘Just Like Through The Looking Glass’

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday said suggestions he met with Russian officials to influence the 2016 election are like a story written by Lewis Carroll.

Sessions’ simile was perhaps prompted by Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) remark that Democrats went “down lots of other rabbit trails” in their lines of questioning as Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“It’s just like through the looking glass. I mean, what is this?” Sessions said.

Sessions said he “explained how in good faith” he claimed he had not met with Russian officials.

“They were suggesting I as a surrogate had been meeting continuously with Russians,” Sessions said. “I said I didn’t meet with them. And now, the next thing you know, I’m accused of some reception, plotting some sort of influence campaign for the American election. It’s just beyond my capability to understand.”

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  1. "It’s just beyond my capability to understand.”

    As are many things.

  2. Off with his head!

  3. How far does that rabbit hole go Mr Sessions<>

  4. "It’s just beyond my capability to understand.”

    Darth Keebler understatement of the day.

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