Sessions was indeed prepared to answer those questions, or in most cases, not answer them. Questions about firing the special counsel were also out of bounds, he determined. When Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, asked Sessions whether the attorney general or his designee could fire a special counsel generally, Sessions demurred. "I feel the same way about that question," Sessions said. But Sessions did defend Rosenstein in the hearing, telling South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham he has confidence in his deputy attorney general, who supervises the special counsel probe.

Source: CNN April 25, 2018 23:37 UTC