Tweets suggest McCaskill met with Russian ambassador, despite denials

By Sarah Bedford

Published March 2, 2017 3:24pm ET

Tweets suggest McCaskill met with Russian ambassador, despite denials — Tweets suggest McCaskill both called and met with the ambassador while on the Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Tweets by Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democratic member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, suggest she met with the Russian ambassador at least twice during a period she denied doing so.

McCaskill, as she built her case Thursday for Sessions’ resignation on the heels of reports that the Republican attorney general had met twice with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 campaign, tweeted she had never contacted the Russian ambassador while serving on the committee.