Attorney General Jeff Sessions Now Recalls Rejecting Russia Trip For George Papadopoulos

>>> WE ARE MORE NEW NEWS ABOUT RUSSIA.
BREAKING NEWS IN FROM OUR NBC COLLEAGUES.
THEY ARE REPORTING THAT JEFF SESSIONS WERE REJECTING A
PROPOSAL BY GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS WHO TRIED TO USE RUSSIAN
CONTACTS TO SET UP A MEETING. INTELLIGENCE NATIONAL REPORT KEN
JOINS ME NOW. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT JEFF
SESSIONS IS REMEMBERING JUST NOW THAT HE REJECTED THIS PROPOSAL?
>> BECAUSE HE TESTIFIED UNDER OATH THAT HE WAS AWARE OF NO
DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIANS AT LEAST CONCERNING COLLUSION.
THAT MAY BE WHERE HE HAS WIGGLE ROOM.
THE GUILTY PLEA OF PAPADOPOULOS CONTINUES.
THEY WANT TO CALL JEFF SESSIONS BACK TO CONGRESS EITHER
JUDICIARY AND GET HIM TO CLARIFY.
THIS IS NOW -- THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD TIME HE HAS HAD TO AMEND
HIS RECOLLECTIONS. HE HAD TO SAY HE DID MEET WITH
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
SOME ACCUSED HIM OF PERJURY. HE REJECTED THAT.
HE RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION AND
THE QUESTION IS WHAT DID HE KNOW ABOUT WHAT PAPADOPOULOS WAS
PROPOSING? THEY SUGGESTED TO RUSSIANED
WANTED TO ARRANGE A MEETING BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND PUTIN.
SESSIONS IS SAYING HE REMEMBERS THAT AND HE REMEMBERS REJECTING
IT. HE DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING WHEN
HE WAS UNDER OATH. >> AND WHILE IT HAPPENED IN
PUBLIC TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS, CAN WE HAVE VIDEO OF
IT? LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I HAVE NEVER MET WITH OR HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH ANY
RUSSIANS OR ANY FOREIGN OFFICIALS CONCERNING ANY TYPE OF
INTERFERENCE WITH ANY CAMPAIGN OR ELECTION IN THE UNITED
STATES. FURTHER I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF
ANY SUCH CONVERSATIONS BY ANYONE CONNECTED TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
AND THE SUGGESTION THAT I PARTICIPATED IN ANY COLLUSION
THAT I WAS AWARE OF ANY COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT TO HURT THIS COUNTRY, WHICH I HAVE SERVED WITH HONOR
FOR 35 YEARS OR TO UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS IS AN APPALLING LIE. >> JEFF SESSIONS SAYING HE
DOESN'T REMEMBER ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
ONE QUICK QUESTION TO YOU. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CLAIM HE
PERJURED HIMSELF A SECOND TIME, WILL THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE
THAT CLAIM? >> NOTICE THE CAREFUL LANGUAGE
THERE. I PROBABLY -- BECAUSE I SPENT A
LOT OF TIME LISTENING TO PEOPLE TESTIFY, BUT NOTICE THAT HE
REALLY DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
HE SAID HE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN INTERFERENCE IN THAT CAMPAIGN.
>> REPORTEDLY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.UP.
IS ITTING AROUND A TABLE NOT CONSIDERED PARTICIPATING IN THAT
SORT OF CONVERSATION? >> I SUSPECT --
>> AND HE SAYS HE NOW REMEMBERS REJECTING IT.
SO THAT'S PARTICIPATING IN A CONVERSATION, RIGHT?
>> WELL, I WILL SAY YOU SAID HE DOESN'T REMEMBER IT.
IT IS INTERESTING HOW FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS TEND TO SHARPEN
ONE'S MEMORY. WHAT HE MIGHT SAY IS I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT THAT MEETING WITH PUTIN WAS ABOUT COLLUSION.
I THOUGHT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK HE'LL DO.
I KEPT TELLING SENATORS TO FOLLOW UP OR GET THEIR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED. >>> AND THAT IS THE SESSIONS
POSITION AS I UNDERSTAND IT WHICH IS THAT HE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THESE TO BE ABOUT COLLUSION WHICH IS WHY THE
REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION IS WHO IN THE CAMPAIGN KNEW THAT HE HAD
BEEN OFFERED BY THESE RUSSIANS ON THE CLINTON AND THOUSANDS OF
E-MAILS? DID THAT INFORMATION REACH JEFF
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