And he can blame Comey for that, says Bob Graham, the former Florida senator who chaired the same Senate committee in 2000-01. — Michael Barone, political commentatorThe veteran lawman's testimony "created a political, if not a legal situation, in which Attorney General Sessions is almost forced to answer and come forward in a public session," Graham says. To the bureau, those facts, whatever they might be, made it incumbent upon the attorney general to recuse himself. (Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press)"Why did the president ask the attorney general to leave the room? Bob Graham, former chair of the Senate intelligence committee, says Comey's testimony effectively forced Sessions to also appear before the committee.

Source: CBC News June 12, 2017 21:59 UTC