Attorney General Sessions’ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday contradicted that of ousted FBI Director James Comey before the same body on June 8 on some key points. Chiefly, Sessions disagreed with Comey’s “sense” that Sessions tried to stay behind for Comey’s Oval Office one-on-one with President Trump, denied Comey’s account of their conversation after that meeting, and disputed Comey’s testimony about Sessions’ notification of his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.
While it is to be expected that there would be some variance between the testimonies offered by any two witnesses, there are irreconcilable differences where the testimonies offered by Comey and Sessions are concerned.
Comey wrote in his prepared statement and testified in open session that at the February 14 Oval Office meeting, Sessions “lingered” by Comey’s chair after the...