Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of the United States is in a scandal in the Trump's administration, after he was found to have met with a top Russian diplomat twice, and had failed to mention that during his confirmation hearing in the senate before his confirmation. Sessions had met the same person Michael Flynn met with that caused him his position in Donald Trump's cabinet.
Top democrats, including Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have asked that he resigned from his position.
While speaking to reporters, Chuck said;
Last night when I read the revelations ... and his decision to mislead Congress without those contacts, I felt a knot in the pit of my stomach.
The information reported last night makes it clear, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Attorney General Sessions cannot possibly lead an investigation ... with these revelations, he may very well become the subject of it.
While he would have needed all the help he could get from Republicans, several Republicans have asked him instead to recuse himself from the Trump-Russia inquiries.
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz said, Sessions should further clarify his testimony. Also, another Republican and a friend of Session, Rob Portman of Ohio said; Jeff Sessions is a former colleague and a friend, but I think it would be best for him & for the country to recuse himself from the DOJ Russia probe.
Jeff Sessions had met with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador, known in the US intelligence circle as a top Russian spy and spy-recruiters in Washington.
Sessions met with Kislyak in July while at the Republican convention, and also met him in September in his office when Sessions was a member of the Senate Armed Services committee.
Attorney General Sessions Recused Himself From Trump-Russia Inquiry
Jeff Sessions have now removed himself from the investigations of Trump-Russia inquiry after backlash about his senate hearing where he denied meeting with any Russia officials.
In a news conference on Thursday, Sessions said that Justice Department staff recommended that he recuses himself from further investigation related to the Trump campaign. He said;
I feel like I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in
Sessions also defended his answer to Democratic Sen. Al Franken's question to him, he said that he had "focused (his) answer on" whether he met the official in his role as a campaign surrogate, not his position as a then-senator. In retrospect, I should have slowed down and said I did meet with one official a couple of times and that was the Russian ambassador.
Sessions Get Suport From Donald Trump
The US President went on Twitter to defend his friend, Jeff Session and accused the Democrats of "overplaying their hand"
