President Trump released a statement that day, explaining that Sessions should have been more accurate but that he did not make any misleading statements. “He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional.”
President Trump had promptly appointed Lieutenant General Michael Flynn to the office of National Security Advisor upon taking office, and within weeks, The Wall Street Journal galvanized the media against him with their report that counterintelligence officials were investigating communications he had with Ambassador Kislyak prior to assuming office. Amid evidence that he interfered in foreign policy by warning the Ambassador that the Obama Administration’s sanctions against Russia would be rolled back while still technically a civilian and thereby violating the Logan Act, he submitted his resignation.
As the day wore on, Sessions finally did recuse himself from the investigation, yielding to intense political pressure from both sides of the isle.
