Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he disagrees with a USA appeals court's decision to keep blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Comey suggested in his high-profile Senate testimony last week that any recordings would back up his account over the president's, adding, "Lordy, I hope there are tapes". The House intelligence committee has called on both the White House and Comey to hand over any material related to its Russian Federation investigation, including memos and recordings, by June 23.
A Justice Department spokeswoman said Sessions requested the open setting because "he believes it is important for the American people to hear the truth directly from him".
Mrs. Trump said last month that Barron will attend a private school in Maryland in the fall, an announcement that answered one of the lingering questions surrounding the Trump family's unusual living arrangement.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia cited the president's campaign statements calling for a "total and complete shutdown" on Muslims entering the U.S.as evidence that the 90-day ban was unconstitutional.
Conway stressed that Democratic Sen.
Attorney General Sessions Will Testify In Public
Initially, Sessions expected to testify in a closed-door session, said two sources familiar with the attorney general's thinking. Spicer told reporters Monday that it "depends on the scope of the questions" and said it was "premature" to say.
Jay Sekulow, a member of President Trump's private legal team, said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week" that Trump will address the existence of any recordings in the coming week.
According to Ronald Rotunda, who was an investigator during Watergate, turning over tapes is as much about politics as it is about the law. "It's nearly become comical if it's not so scary - that there's the voice from the White House saying we're going to look under the couch cushions".
Sessions, a former senator and an early supporter of Trump's election campaign, will be the most senior government official to testify to the committee on the Russian Federation issue.
Sessions is scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence committee and was due for sharp questioning.
"By talking about the content of those conversations publicly by tweeting, the President has already disclosed in substance what happened", Lisa Kern Griffin, a professor at Duke University School of Law, told CNN.
This line of questioning, of course, is entirely owing to Trump having tweeted, after sacking Comey, that Comey better hope there are no tapes before he starts talking to the press about his ouster.
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