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fighting false accusations.

Steve

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As many know fighting false accusations are often decided on who is most credible..

what is your take on the false accusations against Sen Sessions.

From the often liberal Wikipedia.
At Sessions' confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four Department of Justice lawyers who had worked with Sessions testified that he made racially offensive remarks. One of those lawyers, J. Gerald Hebert, testified that Sessions had referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "un-American" and "Communist-inspired" (Sessions said he was referring to their support of the Sandinistas[22]) and that they did more harm than good by trying to force civil rights "down the throats of people."[23] Hebert, a civil rights lawyer,[24] said that he did not consider Sessions a racist, and that Sessions "has a tendency sometimes to just say something, and I believe these comments were along that vein."[25] Hebert also said that Sessions had called a white civil rights attorney "maybe" a "disgrace to his race." Sessions said he did not recall making that remark and he did not believe it.[22]
Coretta Scott King Letter against confirmation of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot." Sessions later said that the comment was not serious, but did apologize for it, saying that he considered the Klan to be "a force for hatred and bigotry."[26] Barry Kowalski, a prosecutor in the civil rights division, also heard the remark and testified that prosecutors working such a gruesome case sometimes “resort to operating room humor and that is what I considered it to be.” Another DOJ lawyer, Albert Glenn, said, “It never occurred to me that there was any seriousness to it.”[27][22][25][26] Figures also testified that on one occasion, when the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent the office instructions to investigate a case that Sessions had tried to close, Figures and Sessions "had a very spirited discussion regarding how the Hodge case should then be handled; in the course of that argument, Mr. Sessions threw the file on a table, and remarked, 'I wish I could decline on all of them,'" by which Figures said Sessions meant civil rights cases generally. Kowalski, however, testified that he believed “[Sessions] was eager to see that justice was done in the area of criminal civil rights prosecutions.”[27]

Figures also said that Sessions had called him "boy," which Sessions denied. Figures also testified that two assistant prosecutors had also heard Sessions, including current federal judge Ginny Granade. Granade denied this.[19][28] He also testified that "Mr. Sessions admonished me to 'be careful what you say to white folks.'"[29] In 1992, Figures was charged with attempting to bribe a witness by offering $50,000 to a convicted drug dealer who was to testify against his client. Figures claimed the charge was retaliation for his role in blocking the Sessions nomination. Sessions denied this, saying that he recused himself from the case. Figures was ultimately acquitted.[30][31][32]

Hebert, Kowalski and Daniel Bell, deputy chief of the criminal section in the Civil Rights Division, testified that they considered Sessions to have been more welcoming to the work of the Civil Rights Division than many other Southern US Attorneys at the time.[22][25] Sessions has always defended his civil rights record, saying that "when I was [a U.S. Attorney], I signed 10 pleadings attacking segregation or the remnants of segregation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we sought desegregation remedies."[33]

So J Gerald Herbert said he made offensive comments, but then claimed he was not a racist.

but then you have the other fellow. there were only two witnesses, against numerous others who claimed the allegations were false or they did not witness them.

Invited by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to give testimony to his character, Figures alleged Sessions regularly called him “boy” in private and admonished him to watch his mouth around the office’s white employees. His allegations were not corroborated by any member of Sessions’ staff. He also falsely claimed that Sessions ordered him to close his investigation of the lynching of a young black man named Michael Donald.

Federal investigators and former colleagues say Figures routinely displayed a pattern of erratic and paranoid behavior.

TheDCNF exclusively obtained an affidavit Monday given by former FBI special agent John Brennan, who worked with Figures while he was a federal prosecutor, that claims Figures often made strange claims. In the sworn statement,

On another occasion, Figures allegedly told Brennan he believed his home was bugged and asked him to execute a search of the house. The ensuing search did not turn up listening devices. In a related instance, Brennan says Figures told him he terminated a road trip from Mobile, Ala. to Dallas, Texas because he believed a truck with a satellite antennae was following him.

Brennan’s statements correspond to a second affidavit obtained by TheDCNF given by Cheryl Crisona, an assistant U.S. attorney who worked with Figures from 1981 to 1985. Crisona alleges Figures was confrontational with colleagues, and often made a secretary she shared with him cry. The affidavit mirrors claims Figures’ ex-wife Janice made during divorce proceedings in 1991.


Figures Indicted

Six years later in 1992, Figures was indicted by federal prosecutors for attempting to bribe a convicted drug dealer.

A letter written by Christopher’s lawyer, Joseph Kulakowski, that was obtained by TheDCNF, claims Figures presented himself as Christopher’s lawyer in the docket room of a county jail and gained access to Christopher in a private meeting room. During that meeting, federal authorities alleged Figures offered Christopher $50,000 not to testify against his client.

At trial, when confronted with recordings of his meeting at the county jail, Figures testified that he was attempting to lure Christopher into a criminal scheme so he could report him for attempted bribery.

He did actually do it!, but the motive was believed.


a final word
remarks Sessions is alleged to have made behind closed doors, while widely disseminated in media, appear to rest on increasingly untenable grounds.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/10/the-star-witness-on-sessions-racism-has-deeply-troubled-history/#ixzz4W8G5NAwf

so there you have it, the rest of the story..accusations from a self admitted corrupt lawyer that somehow Sessions made offensive comments that no one else heard. Incidentally one who at least two colleges and his ex wife claimed to say he was rude insulted others, made a woman cry, and heard and saw stuff he couldn't have.
 

Steve

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almost forgot about the other person..

I was a young lawyer in the civil rights division at the Justice Department in 1981 when I first encountered Jeff Sessions. At the time, Sessions was the new U.S. attorney for Alabama. I met him while I was handling a major voting rights case in Mobile, and I relayed a rumor I’d heard: A federal judge there had allegedly referred to a civil rights lawyer as “a traitor to his race” for taking on black clients. Sessions responded, “Well, maybe he is.”

now wait it gets worse..
When I arrived, Sen. Jeremiah Denton of Alabama and a congressional staffer took me into a back room. The testimony on Sessions was going south, and they told me to get in there and straighten it out — or my job would be in jeopardy.

Hebert has already grabbed the spotlight, penning an op-ed for the Washington Post that contradicted his sworn testimony 30 years ago before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“I am troubled by the fact that there is an image based on statements that I have made that Mr. Sessions is a racist.”

Indeed, Hebert went on to repudiate an allegation by a different witness suggesting that Sessions had blocked a voting rights investigation in his district, when it had in fact been Sessions’ predecessor. Hebert was so concerned about the other witness’s misrepresentation (and his own testimony that erroneously corroborated it) that he later filed a sworn declaration to correct the error.

At the time, Hebert was concerned that the “fairly balanced” account he had given in the deposition was not coming out in the hearing, since he believed that Sessions was “a man of his word” who would “follow the law faithfully.” He ultimately regretted his role in the hearing, telling the committee that he “felt bad” about how it all worked out, and he wanted Sessions to know that he “simply did not really intend for all this to get to the point where we are today.”

Now confronted with the truth, he cooses to lie.

and then we have this
a government attorney named J. Gerald Hebert played a particularly prominent role in then-Senator Joe Biden’s opposition strategy.

The liberals whole news story is based on "hands up evidence" and another who recanted. but really, I heard a rumor is now liberal and media fact.

Not the least bit disconcerting is Joe Biden's hand in this,, Biden was involved (He may have unearthed a "confidential" comment AND threatened the witness. )both federal crimes.
 

Tam

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The Democrats and media run on lies and Hypocrisy. They love their fake news, any rumor and made up story to destroy any one standing in the way of their progressive agenda is fair game.

They will trot out women to falsely accuse Republicans of Sexual Assault until the cows come home but point out a Democrat that has a long history of sexual assault and they call you a liar.

They call Republicans incompetent and unfit to run for office while they nominate a community organizer that has a very short congressional record of voting PRESENT.

They say Republicans are dividing the US while they defend their economy destroying agenda by using the race and gender cards.

They claim elections can not be rigged and the Democracy will be destroyed if the Republicans don't accept the election results then when they loose they are patriotic to resist the result of a rigged election.

They are horrified at the idea that the tradition of a Peaceful Transition of Power with be destroyed if the Republicans loose the election but when they loose they call the PEOTUS illegitimate and refuse to attend his inauguration.


With Sessions, Cory Booker stood in the Senate and praised Sessions when he worked with him to craft a bill and get it through. but now he sees a chance of advancing his political career for a run in 2020, so Sessions is racist and should never be confirmed as AG.

There is never an end to the Democrats when it comes to their lying and hypocrisy and the sooner Republicans and Independents realize that the better off everyone will be. They will say anything to stop those they see as a threat to their agenda.
 

Mike

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The ex-wife of my veterinarian works closely for Sessions. I see her 2-3 times per year and all she talks about is how Sen. Sessions is such a fine and honest man. As Cindy is very honest herself, I believe her.
 

Tam

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Seems everyone, except those that have a hate on for Trump, thinks Sessions is a great guy. The only reason the Dems are going after him is Trump appointed him and anyone Trump wants is in their crosshairs no matter what they thought of him/her before Trump nominated them.

It will be interesting to hear the questions they say Trump's nominee for Department of the Interior. Montana's Democrat Senator

BTW if Zinke is confirmed does Red State Montana get to have a By election to replace him? I hope they are smart enough to replace him with someone that will support their pick for President. Love to see Trump get another Republican Senator to help him Make America Great Again.
 
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