The following article by Nick Visser and video was posted on the Huffington Post website November 2, 2017:
“I am deeply troubled that this newest revelation strongly suggests that the Senate — and the American public — cannot trust your word,” wrote Sen. Al Franken.
Senate Democrats have called on Jeff Sessions to clarify just how much he knew about attempts by the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, following revelations that the attorney general was previously in a meeting with former Trump campaign aide-turned special counsel cooperator George Papadopoulos.
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) demanded that Sessions clarify his past statements and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has asked the attorney general to once again appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee following the indictments this week of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafortand his longtime associate Rick Gates as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.