Didn’t do anything illegal: U.S. attorney General recused himself in the associated with the campaign trump cases
Suspected of withholding information about meetings with representatives of Russia , the head of the justice Department Jeff sessions said that he withdraws from the investigation of any cases related to charges of Russia meddling in the election campaign of Donald trump.
About it reports Reuters.
“I take rejection in cases connected with the electoral campaign of trump,” he said. The attorney General added that he had not done anything illegal. According to him, he never discussed with representatives of Russia’s election campaign trump.
“Let me be clear: I never had meetings with the Russians about the electoral campaign,” he told reporters. However, he promised to soon explain to the Senate his words about the meetings with representatives of the Russian Federation.
“Soon, today or tomorrow, I will write to the Senate judiciary Committee and explain his statement,” added sessions.
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We will remind that earlier The Washington Post published an article on the two meetings Sassa Kislyak in 2016. According to the publication, at the time of taking the oath in Congress, the attorney General was silent about these contacts. The newspaper added that one of the meetings occurred in September – a period which US intelligence agencies believe “the peak of Russian hacking campaign” designed to influence the outcome of presidential elections in the country.
The representatives of the Democratic party of the United States call Sansa to leave the post.
The public Prosecutor rejected the definition given in article information and stressed that he never met with representatives of Russia.