Sessions interviewed in Russia probe

Source: The Hill | January 23, 2018 | Avery Anapol

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team as part of the Russia investigation.

The Justice Department confirmed a report in The New York Times that Sessions was questioned for several hours. It is the first time that Mueller’s team has interviewed a member of President Trump’s Cabinet.

Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation in March, despite criticism from Trump. It was reported earlier this month that Trump ordered White House counsel Donald McGahn to block Sessions from recusing himself, but the attorney general refused.

It is likely that Mueller questioned Sessions about Trump’s firing of former FBI director James Comey and whether the president obstructed justice.

Sessions has also been under scrutiny for statements he made during his confirmation hearing, when he told the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath that he had no knowledge of communications between the Trump campaign and Russia and that he had not communicated with Russians himself.

It was later reported that Sessions had met three times with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak before the election, which he said was done in his capacity as a senator from Alabama.

Sessions later testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee in November that his previous statements were truthful.

He acknowledged that he participated in a meeting with former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians and attempts to set up a meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian nationals, according to documents unsealed in Mueller’s probe.

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