Be honest: You’d never accept Sessions’ defense if it came from Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch

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Jeff Sessions is under fire today for failing to acknowledge during his confirmation that he spoke with a Russian ambassador last year, but it appears the newly confirmed attorney general has some wiggle room.

Unfortunately, Sessions’ carefully parsed rationale is the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from slick politicians like Bill Clinton. It’s not what we want to see coming from the nation’s top law enforcement official.

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