Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters that he was recusing himself from any investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters that he was recusing himself from any investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin,” Trump posted on Twitter. He said he had been talking about doing so since he had taken over as attorney general and only finalized his decision Thursday. That is a more dramatic step in which the attorney general would appoint someone outside the Justice Department to supervise the case.

Source: Washington Post March 03, 2017 23:57 UTC