Cooper, chairman of the Washington firm Cooper & Kirk, said in an email he began representing Sessions a few days before the attorney general testified last week in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is conducting its own Russian Federation investigation.
"That has actually taken time away from the further conversations with those Trump officials who may have been involved with the Russians", he added.
Sen. Marco Rubio believes a "full and thorough" investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election is "the best thing that can happen".
Attacking the idea that the president tried to obstruct the investigation also seems key.
"I don't care who Trump hires".
"After witnessing the treatment that my friend Jeff Sessions, a decent and honorable man who bears only good will and good cheer to everyone he meets, had to endure at the hands of a partisan opposition that will say anything and do anything to advance their political interests, I am unwilling to subject myself, my family and my friends to such a process", Cooper said in a statement at the time.
"Has the special counsel Robert Muller formally notified the president that he is under investigation?" "There's no reason to think he's going to listen to legal advice", said Washington defense lawyer Peter Zeidenberg. Some have raised the possibility that President Trump's request constituted obstruction of justice, but the president has yet to produce the tapes that could theoretically clear his name.
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The Latest on the investigation into Russia's actions in the 2016 elections.
Cooper, 65, served in the Justice Department during President Ronald Reagan's administration and returned to private practice in 1988, according to his biography on the website of his law firm.
Mueller will talk with the chairman of the committee, GOP Sen. Obviously we've been dealing with a lot of other issues today.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation, the influential veteran Republican said "The fix is in", noting that the deep state establishment is "counter-attacking legally when they lost politically".
Comey also told the Senate that he intentionally leaked his contemporaneous memos written detailing his conversations with Trump in order to prompt the appointment of a special counsel. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said that the panel - overseeing one of several congressional investigations - is looking forward to getting a response from the White House on whether recordings exist.
The House intelligence committee has asked White House counsel Don McGahn to provide an answer to the question about tapes by Friday.
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