Gen. Jeff Sessions did indeed “have communications with the Russians” when he was a top Trump campaign advisor on national security. Under federal law, perjury is a felony if the false statement involves anything “material” in a legal matter. Is anyone suggesting that Sessions’ testimony about the Russians qualifies as perjury? Harvard University law professor Laurence H. Tribe and some other Trump critics were quick to conclude that Sessions committed perjury. Former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens arrives for a federal court hearing in Washington on Sept. 2, 2011.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 04, 2017 00:11 UTC