Democratic senator says she never met with Russian ambassador, but her own tweet contradicts claim
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McCaskill's tweet was in response to reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had two meetings with Russia's ambassador to the US during the 2016 campaign. Sessions had said during his confirmation hearing that he "did not have communications with the Russians" while he served as a campaign surrogate for Donald Trump.
In her tweet, McCaskill said she never met or had a phone call "ever" with the Russian ambassador during her 10 years on the Senate Armed Services Committee:
But tweets quickly unearthed appeared to contradict her claim:
McCaskill's apparently contradictory tweets raise questions about how frequently and under what circumstances lawmakers meet with foreign ambassadors.
A spokesperson for the senator did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Democratic lawmakers demanded that Sessions resign from his position as attorney general, accusing him of lying to Congress and thus perjuring himself.
Republican leaders, including Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who leads the House Oversight Committee, also called for Sessions to recuse himself from overseeing an investigation into President Donald Trump and his administration's ties to the Russian government.
Sessions slapped away suggestions that he should recuse himself from the investigation or resign from office.
Bryan Logan contributed to this report.
I've been on the Armed Services Com for 10 years.No call or meeting w/Russian ambassador. Ever. Ambassadors call members of Foreign Rel Com.
- Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) March 2, 2017
Off to meeting w/Russian Ambassador. Upset about the arbitrary/cruel decision to end all US adoptions,even those in process.
- Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 30, 2013
Today calls with British, Russian, and German Ambassadors re: Iran deal. #doingmyhomework
- Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 6, 2015
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