AP FACT CHECK: Democrat forgets her own Russian meetings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of many Democrats taking umbrage Thursday at the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had twice met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. during last year's presidential campaign, during a furor over that country's alleged interference in the election, and misled his colleagues about it during his confirmation hearing.
In a statement, said, I've been on the Senate Armed Services Committee for 10 years, and in that time, have had no call from, or meeting with, the Russian ambassador.
A few hours after issuing the statement, McCaskill backed off a bit by qualifying her assertion in another tweet: Again, As senior member of Armed Serv, never received call or request from Russian Amb for meeting.