Schumer said the first track for Congress is to pursue committee investigations, led by the Intelligence Committee, with additional oversight from panels such as the Judiciary Committee when the Department of Justice is at issue. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told HuffPost her Judiciary Committee Democrats were drafting a letter to Sessions seeking a formal commitment that he will recuse himself. Feinstein and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee both told reporters later that the stakes are as high as Schumer said. ), a member of the Intelligence Committee, referring to the same intelligence community assessment that Feinstein raised. “I think that’s ridiculous,” Cornyn told reporters.

Source: Huffington Post February 15, 2017 19:52 UTC