President Donald Trump has been furious at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for months because Sessions recused himself from overseeing the Russia probe. …
election. This comes after the Justice Department acknowledged Sessions met with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, during the campaign.
The announcement came less than a day after Sessions acknowledged having two meetings with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak last year -- something he did not reveal while under oath at his confirmation hearing when he was questioned by Minnesota Democrat Al Franken.
The committee’s current chair, Jason Chaffetz, did the same.
Trump said he did not see any need for Sessions to recuse himself and told reporters he had “total” confidence in his attorney general. And White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Sessions had been “100 percent straight” with the Senate Judiciary Committee, despite what looks like flatly misleading answers to Franken.