“We are in a public session here,” Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee. Also testifying Wednesday were Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Rosenstein declined to talk about why Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation and what role the AG played in Comey’s firing. However, officials ultimately concluded that the optics of taking that step would be worse than the risk of letting the former FBI director testify freely. Trump has consistently pushed back against suggestions that his campaign coordinated with Russia and has called the investigation a hoax.

Source: Fox News June 07, 2017 16:06 UTC