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Ive always told the truth. and ive answered every question to the best of my recollection and i will continue to do so today. with that, mr. chairman, im honored to take your questions. >> thank you, general sessions. well now proceed under the five minute rule with questions and i begin by recognizing myself. under your leadership, the prosecution of firearms offenses have increased 23% over the same period of the previous year. furthermore, the number of defendants charged with using a firearm...

Contacts and i was not in regular contact with mr. papadopolous. >> so your answer is no, because you dont think there were any such contacts. so you -- >> im not aware of it. >> okay. i was going to ask you a question of did you raise the issue with various people but your answer is no. >> to the best of my recollection. >> okay. so your testimony today is you communicated with nobody in the campaign about the matter after the march 31st meeting because nothing happened? >> repeat that. >> your...

Is that what you --? >> no. you answered to me whether it is yes or no. your response? >> but i didnt quite catch the beginning of the question. im sorry. >> all right. in a functioning democracy, is it common for the leader of the country to order the criminal justice system to retaliate against his political opponents? >> mr. conyers i would say that its -- the department of justice can never be used to retaliate politically against opponents and that would be wrong. >> i interpret that as no....

Transparent testimony that i can recall in my time in congress. it was plainly a disservice to the american people. miss lynch failed to respond substantively to nearly every question posed by members of this committee. before miss lynch former attorney general eric holder became the first attorney general in history to be held in contempt by the house of representatives for his own stonewalling with regards to documents connected to the reckless operation fast and furious. i expect, mr. attorne...

This policy can be frustrating, i understand, especially when theres great public interest about a matter, but it enhances justice when we act under the law with professionalism and discipline. this policy necessarily precludes any discussion on cases i may be recused from because to do so would confirm the existence of underlying investigations. to the extent a matter comes to the attention of my office, that may warrant consideration of recusal, i review the issue, consult with the appropriate...

The democrats lead by the -- led by the legendary crooked hillary clinton rigged the primaries. lets go to the fbi and justice department. i believe he is referring to senator elizabeth warren in that last one. when richard nixon spoke about us that way, at least he had the courtesy to do it behind closed doors. mr. attorney general, a few questions for you. yes or no, please. in a functioning democracy, is the common for the leader of the country to order the criminal justice system to retaliat...

Administration was that which vice president mike pence said in october, which was there were no contacts. theres nothing here. now, the story has changed because the facts have changed and the facts are, there have been a lot of contacts disclosed between the trump campaign, whether its papadopolous, or sessions or carter page. all of them had contacts with russia. now the question is, and donald trump, jr., and so the question is, was any of that a violation of the law, but clearly there were ...

>> i dont believe it happened. thats the answer he gave. look, i have to tell you, i think this is more of a political problem for jeff sessions. he wasnt up front and perhaps he just didnt remember these interactions with carter page and george papadopolous. he was in a meeting where george papadopolous, according to court documents that have been released by the special counsel robert mueller, papadopolous raised the prospect of arranging a meeting between trump and vladimir putin. so he seems...