The new-found scandal surrounding Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which at its core involves him having met with the Russian Ambassador to the United States during his term as a Senator, is the latest in a long string of Russo-centric controversies facing the Trump Administration.
Russia is noticing this too, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying that all of it “is very much reminiscent of a witch hunt and the McCarthyism era, which we all thought was long gone.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also declared the situation a witch hunt.
The future of the attorney general isn’t necessarily a big concern for the Russian government, beyond what it represents, which is that even the perception of a “taint” that comes from contact with Russian officials is a political kiss of death in the US, even for top officials.
This was true with the ouster of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, the first casualty of the Trump Administration’s leadership, and Sessions is also facing calls to resign from top Democrats. Russian officials hoping to negotiate improved ties with the US are going to have a hard time doing so if no one wants to talk with them.
Mar 3, 2017 Lavrov slams US scandal on Russia contacts ‘a witch hunt
Lavrov’s Friday remarks come as a bipartisan group of US senators agreed earlier this week to carry out an investigation into the Trump administration’s alleged dealings with Moscow amid an outcry from members of Congress.
http://presstv.com/Detail/2017/03/03/512827/russia-us-trump-lavrov
Gospodin Lavrov needs to study US history because the victims of McCarthy were accused of subversion or worse, of treason. Some who refused to answer questions were thrown in jail. Sessions is not accused of subversion or treason. He has not been asked to name other liars. He is not in jail.
Furthermore, McCarthy needed no evidence to convict. Sessions admitted that he was not 100% truthful in his answer to Senator Franken.
Comrade Lavrov is cuckoo. He confuses our nation with Stalin’s Soviet Union. Mr. Sessions is not in a US gulag today. He is the acting US Attorney General except for one issue.
Russians are being a little thick… while military mobilizations escalate daily on the Russian land and sea borders, the West is pumping up agitational psy-war propaganda against Russia…
HEY GUYS, this is what nations do when they’re preparing for Total War.
This is all a recap of the Ribbentrop- Molotov deal which lulled the USSR into complacency. Until disaster struck.
The US/ NATO is itching for Regime Change in the Kremlin… They hope enough threats and pressure will force renegade elements to topple Putin… if not, they’ll strike militarily while Moscow looks in vain, for Peace talks.