It is apparent now, Trump did meet Russian Ambassador before the election.... why lie about it?

What I hope that everyone will see one day is that all strategists are just scrambling for any foothold, nobody actually knows what will work and everyone is lost. Life is Chaos.

@Jackaloftheazuresand: this could be true without facts.

There are indisputable facts in life.
The Earth is round
Trump is President
I am typing this right now
And Trump did or did not meet the Russian Ambassador
One of those possibilities is a fact.
Has he met other representatives of Russia? Yes? No?
One of those is a fact.

If the answers or the questions cause chaos, the case for chaos rests decidedly at the feet of the President.
He is creating it.

We have to ask ourselves why.
And we have to hope we would be satisfied or pleased with the answer.

I see an agenda, I'm out

The Azerbaijan links to the Trumps are very telling.

What they will eventually tell may be the reason we don't get to see Trump taxes.

@CassandraFemale17: I agree. I think it's just the tip of the iceberg right now. Things are starting to line up. We'll know when the big bombshells start to drop because Trump's tweets will become more unhinged. "Might nuke North Korea. Bad hombres. MAGA!"

@Ynotisay: dang. I hope you're just a bit pessimistic, but I fear you could be correct

I would also expect as should any rational thinking person that ambassadors do visit the White House. Where their nations are as vitally important on so many levels as Russia is, it is also important they have dinners etc. That too is normal.

I can't speak for Pelosi, though I too found that interesting.

I can say I would imagine it's difficult for any politician to keep track of the hundreds of people they meet every week/Month. There will be lapses in memory where you met someone for a few seconds here, a minute there, when others are around wanting your time.

I imagine now, the GOP, as they now have the power, are inundated with requests for meetings, and for people in dinners, etc, reaching out their hands to shake. They don't all constitute meetings. No ones memory is perfect.

I'm a liberal, undoubtedly, but even I can feel for Jeff Sessions if there was a misunderstanding in his answer, or if he really forgot.

But apparently, his denials even applied to written questions.

I hope this ends soon, and is more innocent than it all sounds, but hey, when you are all singing America the Beautiful, while the band is playing Whistling Dixie, and the Conductor is performing to Please Release Me.......

A thorough investigation is needed

I think he's too dumb, literally, to be a spy for the Russians.

Russia can use him, but never as a spy. Look how his White House leaks. They wouldn't have to have him as a spy.

The fact he is now President, and he is destabilizing the USA is mission accomplished for them. They pound the drums, and he dances.

They won, without ever having had to indoctrinate him.

For sure.
And to be tossed into the burning embers while your boss is watching on tv, as you try to kill television investigative time, by not answering questions.

Impossible to answer really, as the only real response is, hey, the President is unhinged, and I'm here to tell you he is not unhinged. Lol

The first month of this administration has been a total fiasco. I shudder to think what things will be like in four years time.. :(

By the way they do not meet with foreign governments to DEMONSTRATE their competence in foreign relations......that would be a ridiculous premise if that was the objective, tho hopefully those meetings do draw that out.

They meet with them to establish relationships, see where their two nations can meet, where they will be apart, what they may work on together, and a host of other things.

Not to PROVE they are competent