Someone:Ā āIām not watching this Sessions hearing, itās just the Democrats asking a bunch ofĀ āgotcha!ā questions.ā
Yes.
Thatās how an investigation works. You askĀ āgotchaā questions because you want to try pulling the truth out of them. You lead with facts and evidence from one angle and get the man to respond, then approach from another angle and see if the response is the same. You rephrase and repeat, and the more the stoy lines up consistently and the better the details, the more you trust the witness. If you suspect someone is lying, you have to try and trick them.
This now leads to my problem with the Republican lines of questioning: they never follow up or try to phrase the questions in a way that allows Sessions toĀ āproperly explain himselfā in the wake of theĀ āgotchaā questions. They try to turn the subject to other matters; they donāt ask for a full account of what Sessions actually talked about with Kilsyak in order to clarify that there was no talk of collusion, they instead talk about the dangers of sanctuary cities.Ā
It all reeks of them knowing that Sessions is guilty and that they are trying to protect him/steer the conversation. There is noĀ āOkay, you say you didnāt do it, so can you explain what you were doing instead?ā Thereās no request for anecdotes or assurances pertinent to the reason why he has been summoned before a committee for the third time.Ā
