Sessions hearing watch party (1 Viewer)

[cosjobs]

Now live on about 15 channels

 

[cosjobs]

Questions actually answered over/under 35%

 

[mr roboto]

Questions actually answered over/under 35%

Under

 

[cosjobs]

@Henry Ford

explain who enforces recusals and potential penalties 

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Questions actually answered over/under 35%

Under.

 

[cosjobs]

Sessions looks a little gassy

 

[Phil Elliott]

Does the committee already know what he is going to say and not say?

 

[Koya]

Sessions blinked a whole lot when Russians were mentioned.

jus' sayin'

 

[squistion]

Live stream for those not watching on TV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxjLFHsuflg&feature=youtu.be

 

[cosjobs]

Does the committee already know what he is going to say and not say?

I think they know answers to more questions than Sessions thinks they do.

There was no statement before the hearing, like Comey provided

 

[squistion]

Loose Eel‏ @LucilleTheEel 1m1 minute ago

Sessions looks terrified. Did he just do a nervous burp? #SessionsHearing

 

[cosjobs]

Warner leads with some body shots

 

[cosjobs]

I can't wait for Franken

 

[Adam West]

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III.

If you were a novelist, trying to come up with a name for a old fashioned Southern segregationist, it would be hard to come up with a better one...

 

[Henry Ford]

@Henry Ford

explain who enforces recusals and potential penalties 

Usually the DOJ, and there probably really aren't any unless he's impeached/removed from office/sued/held in contempt of Congress for violating a statement he made to it.

 

[cosjobs]

Usually the DOJ, and there probably really aren't any unless he's impeached/removed from office/sued/held in contempt of Congress for violating a statement he made to it.

So he pretty much says he intends to recuse, but may change his mind?

 

[Koya]

There's the first lie (the oath)

 

[Henry Ford]

So he pretty much says he intends to recuse, but may change his mind?

Well, maybe - it's a voluntary recusal - but that isn't really the issue.  The issue is that the primary statutes dealing with recusal aren't criminal in nature, but rather ethical in nature.  A criminal indictment would have to be some kind of prosecutorial misconduct or perjury or contempt indictment.  Ethical might put him in front of his bar association or the Congress.  This isn't something anyone's dealt with very much.  

 

[Phil Elliott]

Didnt take too long to invoke religion.

 

[TobiasFunke]

I know I've said it before but I think it's ridiculous that we don't make more jokes about how Sessions looks exactly like the Illinois Nazi from the Blues Brothers.

 

[Banger]

I know I've said it before but I think it's ridiculous that we don't make more jokes about how Sessions looks exactly like the Illinois Nazi from the Blues Brothers.

haha...hysterical...I hate Illinois Nazi's.

 

[Koya]

Ooh, aren't we testy

 

[Henry Ford]

I know I've said it before but I think it's ridiculous that we don't make more jokes about how Sessions looks exactly like the Illinois Nazi from the Blues Brothers.

You mean the priest from Wedding Crashers?

 

[need2know]

I know I've said it before but I think it's ridiculous that we don't make more jokes about how Sessions looks exactly like the Illinois Nazi from the Blues Brothers.

Haha.  He really does.  

 

[cosjobs]

He's cracking himself up with his no longer a colleague comment

 

[need2know]

Someone get this southern gentleman a sweet tea.

Roll tide

 

[squistion]

Joy Reid‏ @JoyAnnReid 1m1 minute ago

Sessions says he had no private meetings with any Russians at the now-infamous Mayflower Hotel Trump event.

 

[Adam West]

He's cracking himself up with his no longer a colleague comment

It's a real knee slapper!

 

[Koya]

Joy Reid‏ @JoyAnnReid 1m1 minute ago

Sessions says he had no private meetings with any Russians at the now-infamous Mayflower Hotel Trump event.

Well, Manafort was with me, so it wasn't private.... I mean that guy was barely even involved in the campaign, how could you consider that private?

 

[SameSongNDance]

That size 72 font though.

 

[cosjobs]

I don't even read that... carefully.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

I know I've said it before but I think it's ridiculous that we don't make more jokes about how Sessions looks exactly like the Illinois Nazi from the Blues Brothers.

I feel like we should go in that direction more given his history with the coloreds, but I so much enjoy the Sessions as Dobby the House Elf themed jokes it's easy to go down that road.

 

[need2know]

So he doesn't even keep up with the Russian stuff in the news.   Confidence

 

[Koya]

So he doesn't even keep up with the Russian stuff in the news.   Confidence

don't want to appear to outwork the hardest working man in Presidencys, Trump

 

[Phil Elliott]

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III.

If you were a novelist, trying to come up with a name for a old fashioned Southern segregationist, it would be hard to come up with a better one...

 Beauregard and Beauregard II were dogs on Hee Haw.

 

[cosjobs]

oh, you've earned a reputation...

 

[need2know]

Don't mess with this man's honor, ya hear!

 

[cosjobs]

All those aside smiles are weird

 

[McGarnicle]

You can see him trembling because he hasn't said the n-word in over 10 minutes. Pay close attention when he coughs.

 

[SkyRattlers]

So he requested to speak now just so he could reiterate everything he's been saying all along? For what purpose?

 

[cosjobs]

we are coming after you, every one of our citizens

 

[need2know]

All those aside smiles are weird

It's like he's getting a big kick out of this.  It's weird

 

[cosjobs]

It's like he's getting a big kick out of this.  It's weird

gallows smile

 

[-OZ-]

Well, maybe - it's a voluntary recusal - but that isn't really the issue.  The issue is that the primary statutes dealing with recusal aren't criminal in nature, but rather ethical in nature.  A criminal indictment would have to be some kind of prosecutorial misconduct or perjury or contempt indictment.  Ethical might put him in front of his bar association or the Congress.  This isn't something anyone's dealt with very much.  

Would be fun to see him answer a bar complaint. And disbarred from Alabama, but that's really unlikely.

 

[need2know]

we are coming after you, every one of our citizens

That was awkward

 

[Henry Ford]

That was awkward

I thought it was considerate of him to let us all come first.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

"I recognize myself for 10 minutes."

[pulls out mirror]

[points at mirror]

"I know you!  I know you!  I know you!...."

[repeat for 10 minutes]

 

[Henry Ford]

"I recognize myself for 10 minutes."

[pulls out mirror]

[points at mirror]

"I know you!  I know you!  I know you!...."

[repeat for 10 minutes]

This whole thing does scream out for a "Hot Shots" movie.

 

[Dr Oadi]

There's the first lie (the oath)

Appalling and detestable lie.

 

[cosjobs]

more gas after repeating not remembering Mayflower meetings