PhotoWASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced growing pressure on Tuesday to remove himself from any role in investigating President Trump’s aides and their relationship with Russia, but advisers to Mr. Sessions to remove himself from the case, leaving them to rely instead on political and public pressure. During a bitter confirmation fight that focused partly on his closeness to Mr. Trump, Mr. The lawmaker said the relationship between Mr. Trump and Mr. Sessions was “too cozy.”“I think campaigning so forcefully for President Trump compromised Attorney General Sessions’s ability to independently investigate this,” he said.

Source: New York Times February 15, 2017 01:54 UTC