Jeff Sessions Back Under Senate Committee Spotlight

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Attorney General Sessions publicly recused himself from all matters pertaining to the Russia investigation. Sessions testified that he sent a letter to Muller stating that “neither I nor my staff were to be involved in this investigation or receive information about it.”

“The ambassador from Russia is Russian”

Senator Al Franken
Senator Al Franken pressed Sessions on his Russian contacts.

Things got heated when Senator Al Franken questioned Sessions. Franken repeatedly grilled the attorney general on his Russian contacts during the campaign. “Not being able to recall what you discussed with him is very different than saying, ‘I have not had communications with the Russians,'” said Franken. He was referring to Session’s meeting at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kisylak.

At one point during the testy exchange, Franken reminded Sessions that “the ambassador from Russia is Russian. Sessions maintained that he had “no improper discussions with Russians at any time regarding a campaign.”