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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions met Russian ambassador

Mr Sessions, a senator at the time, did not disclose the contacts at his January confirmation hearing.
But he stressed on Wednesday he had "never met any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign".
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi accused Mr Sessions of "lying under oath" and demanded he resign.
Other Democrats called on him to step aside from an investigation by the FBI - which he oversees as attorney general - into the alleged Russian interference.
The news broke just after a congressional committee agreed an investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the election.
The House intelligence panel inquiry will scrutinise contacts between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Moscow, members confirmed.
The White House denies any improper behaviour during the election campaign and did not comment immediately on the latest development.
Russia has consistently rejected allegations of interference.
In a statement on Wednesday night, Mr Sessions said: "I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false."
Justice department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said there had been "absolutely nothing misleading about his answer".
"He was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign - not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee," she said.
Nikolai Lakhonin, press secretary of the Russian embassy in Washington, said the diplomatic mission did "not comment on numerous contacts" between Russian diplomats and "local partners", Russia's Interfax news agency reports.
Meanwhile, Congressman Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said that if the reports were accurate Mr Sessions must withdraw from the FBI investigation.
Mr Trump's National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, was fired last month after he misled the White House about his conversations with the Russian ambassador, allegedly regarding sanctions against Moscow.
But a key question remains - how much did the Trump campaign know about this?

President Trump has been dogged by questions about his advisers' ties to Moscow since the campaign. The White House has strongly denied the claims.
The Associated Press news agency reports that White House lawyers instructed Mr Trump's staff on Tuesday to preserve materials that could be connected to Russian interference in November's election.
The US intelligence community concluded that alleged Russian hacking of Democratic organisations was carried out to help Mr Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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