5 Reactions to Jeff Sessions' Testimony on Trump and Russia

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Wednesday, June 14, 2017

5. Andrew Prokop

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Vox.com politics reporter Andrew Prokop wrote Tuesday evening that he believed the most telling part about the Sessions testimony were "the questions he didn't answer."

"Senators wanted to know just what Sessions and Trump had discussed about FBI director before Trump fired him, and whether Sessions was surprised to later hear Trump admit that he did so due to the Russia investigation," wrote Prokop.

"But again and again on questions like these, Sessions testified he was 'not able to comment on' or 'not able to characterize' something he and President Trump talked about."

Prokop went on to point out that Sessions specifically declined to answer questions about the firing of Comey, President Donald Trump's opinion of Sessions' recusal, and if the federal government was considering pardons for parties under investigation.

"Now, Sessions's non-answers surely shouldn't be taken as confirmation that any of these things happened," continued Prokop.

"Still, it's worth taking note that under oath, he refused to straightforwardly deny any of these suggestions. So we don't have a clear answer on whether they happened or not."