Sessions says he ‘always told the truth’ in describing Russia contacts

The following article by Matt Zapotosky and Sari Horwitz was posted on the Washington Post website November 14, 2017:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke before the House Judiciary Committee Nov. 14. (Reuters)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he has “always told the truth” in describing his knowledge of Trump campaign contacts with Russians, although he acknowledged that he now recalls an interaction with a lower-level adviser to Donald Trump who said he told Sessions about contacts who could help arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin.

When asked previously about whether he thought that surrogates from the Trump campaign had communications with the Russians, Sessions said, “I did not, and I’m not aware of anyone else that did, and I don’t believe it happened.” Continue reading “Sessions says he ‘always told the truth’ in describing Russia contacts”