Not only did Ambassador Kislyak visit the Obama White House at least 22 times, the very Democrats who have criticized then-Senator Sessions for meeting with Ambassador Kislyak have been caught lying about their own meetings with him.
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak appeared at least 22 times on Obama White House visitors logs. Sergey Kislyak appeared in the White House visitor logs dozens of times when Barack Obama was in office. The visitor logs, which Obama made public in 2009 in a push for transparency, show that the long-time Russian ambassador to the United States visited the White House at least 22 times between 2009 and 2016. (The Daily Caller, 3/2/17)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
I've been on the Armed Services Com for 10 years.No call or meeting w/Russian ambassador. Ever. Ambassadors call members of Foreign Rel Com.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) March 2, 2017
But McCaskill actually met with Kislyak at least twice, in 2013 and in 2015. “Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Thursday drew jeers from Republicans after claiming she had never met with the Russian ambassador while calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign – despite evidence of two prior encounters with the controversial envoy. McCaskill, up for reelection next year and one of the GOP’s top targets, first tweeted that she had not met with or had a call with Sergei Kislyak, Moscow’s ambassador to the U.S. despite serving 10 years on the Armed Services committee. … But Republican operatives quickly blasted McCaskill as misrepresenting her record, citing the Democrat’s tweets about a 2013 group meeting with Kislyak and a 2015 call with the ambassador to discuss the nuclear pact with Iran.” (Politico, 3/2/17)
Other Democrat senators who took part in the meeting with Ambassador Kislyak Included Klobuchar (D-MN), Reed (D-RI), Whitehouse (D-RI), Casey (D-PA), Landrieu (D-LA), and Cantwell (D-WA). (Fox News, 3/3/17)
(Olga Belogolova, “U.S. Lawmakers Press Russia To Ease Adoption Ban,” The Atlantic, 2/3/13)
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Pelosi on March 1, 2017: “The Attorney General must resign.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to immediately resign following revelations that he spoke to the Russian ambassador to the United States during President Trump's campaign. (The Hill, 3/1/17)
Asked if she'd met with Kislyak, Pelosi said: "Not with this Russian ambassador, no."
— POLITICO (@politico) March 4, 2017
A 2010 photo shows otherwise. https://t.co/ASAQuXCCx9 pic.twitter.com/6idduRxL5X
CHASER: Photo contradicts Pelosi's statement about not meeting Kislyak. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she’s never met with the current Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak. ‘Not with this Russian ambassador, no,’ Pelosi told Politico’s Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer during a Playbook interview, when asked whether she had ever met with the Russian envoy. But a file photo from Pelosi’s 2010 meeting with Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev shows Kislyak at the table across from Pelosi – then House speaker – and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)” (Politico, 3/3/17)
(Kyle Cheney, “Photo Contradicts Pelosi’s Statement About Not Meeting Kislyak,” Politico, 3/3/17)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
March 2, 2017: “Feinstein: Sessions Must Recuse or Resign.” (Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 3/2/17)
CHASER: Feinstein admitted she regularly met with Ambassador Kislyak herself.
On CNN, Sen. Dianne Feinstein describes meetings with Russian ambassador. 'I believe he's been in my office from time to time.'
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 2, 2017
The last time I was in the Senate dining room, Feinstein was having lunch with the Russsian amb. I never gave it a second thought. https://t.co/azR0M5LrkK
— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 2, 2017
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