Sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump campaign. Sessions has said repeatedly that he never discussed campaign-related issues with Russian officials and that it was only in his capacity as a U.S. senator that he met with Kislyak. “I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign,” Sessions said in March when he announced that he would recuse himself from matters relating to the FBI probe of Russian interference in the election and any connections to the Trump campaign. Trump also faulted Sessions as giving “bad answers” during his confirmation hearing about his Russian contacts during the campaign. “I did not have communications with the Russians,” Sessions said when asked whether anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign had communicated with representatives of the Russian government.

Source: Washington Post July 21, 2017 22:52 UTC