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03-03-2017, 07:28 PM
Stephen Colbert skewers Jeff Sessions for lying, as expected
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We were all waiting for this.
After it was revealed that Jeff Sessions gave false information about his involvement with the Russians during his confirmation hearing, government officials have been in an uproar calling for Sessions to recuse himself from the Russian investigation. Some have gone farther, asking for him to resign.
This embarrassing debacle of course became a topic of discussion for Stephen Colbert on Thursday night's The Late Show. He points out that Sessions essentially "volunteer[ed] to lie" during his hearing. Colbert also touches upon the fact that Sessions has decided to recuse himself from the investigation, saying, "You don't have to recuse yourself, because you already f*cked yourself." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/03/stephen-colbert-jeff-sessions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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After it was revealed that Jeff Sessions gave false information about his involvement with the Russians during his confirmation hearing, government officials have been in an uproar calling for Sessions to recuse himself from the Russian investigation. Some have gone farther, asking for him to resign.
This embarrassing debacle of course became a topic of discussion for Stephen Colbert on Thursday night's The Late Show. He points out that Sessions essentially "volunteer[ed] to lie" during his hearing. Colbert also touches upon the fact that Sessions has decided to recuse himself from the investigation, saying, "You don't have to recuse yourself, because you already f*cked yourself." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/03/stephen-colbert-jeff-sessions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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