He has acknowledged two meetings a year ago with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergei Kislyak. If he did have a conversation with the ambassador, it was "certainly nothing improper". Sessions, at the time, responded that he had never met or communicated with Russian officials during the campaign. "Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), who were fairly aggressive in their questioning, was cut off by their colleagues". They seem to have collective amnesia about meeting with Russian officials during and after the campaign and only remember when they have been caught.
SESSIONS: I don't recall whether that was discussed or not. "You don't walk into any hearing or any committee meeting and reveal confidential communications with the president of the United States".
Addressing allegations that he had unreported meetings with Russian officials while he advised the Trump campaign, Sessions said he had already acknowledged two encounters previous year with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
While he had recused himself from the Russian Federation probe, Sessions said, "I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations".
Sessions became visibly angry when asked about former FBI Director James Comey's testimony last week that aspects of the attorney general's recusal were problematic.
Sessions declined to comment on those reports, stating only that he had "confidence" in Mueller and that it would not be appropriate for him to fire the special counsel.
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Both interruptions came after Sessions, who appeared to be refusing to answer Harris' questions, announced that the California senator's line of questioning made him "nervous".
Jeff Sessions stonewalled and evaded coherent answers at every turn, and even the most conservative commentators could not believe what they were witnessing. "Americans don't want to hear that answers to relevant questions are privileged or off limits", said Wyden. "And we'll go from there", Spicer told reporters.
The non-answers Sessions provided on his and other Trump surrogates' contacts with Russian officials were another source of frustration for Democrats on the panel, leading to a tense back-and-forth with Sen. Sessions cited a Justice Department policy which blocks officials from testifying about private discussions with the President. However, Sessions said Comey should have spoken to his bosses if he wanted to or was asked to talk to the president about the investigation.
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Davis said while the event was a tragic day in the history of the county, it is also a day that everyone needs to stand together. Other Illinois congressmen who were on the team include Darin LaHood and John Shimkus , who were not at the practice Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Leahy said in a Senate floor speech that Sessions' Judiciary testimony over Russian Federation contacts "could be construed as perjury".
"If I don't qualify, it you'll accuse me of lying so I need to be correct as best as I can". There are none, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) whether Sessions "lingered" because he knew he wasn't supposed to leave Comey alone with Trump, Sessions ducked: "What I did recall is I did depart", Sessions said, "and Director Comey was sitting in front of the president's desk and they were talking". "People are suggesting through innuendo that I have been not honest about matters, and I've tried to be honest".
Sessions continued to insist that he could both recuse himself from the FBI's Russian Federation investigation and support the dismissal of James Comey as the FBI director.
According to Comey, Trump said of Flynn: "He is a good guy".
Sessions routinely said he would not answer questions regarding his conversations with Trump, but he delivered more than enough answers over two and a half hours of testimony Tuesday afternoon.
Comey recalled that he felt "something big" was about to happen, and "my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn't be leaving".
"Following a routine morning threat briefing, Mr. Comey spoke to me and my chief of staff".
"He told me repeatedly that he had talked to lots of people about me, including our current attorney general, and had learned that I was doing a great job and that I was extremely well-liked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation workforce", Comey told the committee.
In his testimony last week, Comey said he and Trump had a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office on February 14 about the investigation into the former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
Earlier Tuesday, Rosenstein appeared before lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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