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The recently appointed Attorney General of the United States met the Russian ambassador to the U.S. twice in Washington during the 2016 presidential campaign – something he did not disclose during his appointment confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate.
The meetings between Jeff Sessions and Russia’s Sergey Kislyak took place in July and September, barely a few months before the presidential elections of Nov. 8 that was won by Donald Trump, amid a political turmoil over Moscow’s alleged interference, including through cyber-attacks.
The information on the meetings was revealed Wednesday by The Washington Post newspaper after the incidents were confirmed by sources from the Justice Department, headed by Sessions.
Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign following these reports that he met with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Sessions, a member of the Armed Services Committee when he met Sergey Kislyak, considered his contacts with Kislyak and other ambassadors part of his duties as senator, and not as an advisor to Trump’s campaign.
However, The Washington Post contacted 25 other members of the committee to find out if they had contacts with Kislyak, and of whom 20 said they had not.
During Sessions‘ confirmation hearing, the Democrats had asked him about his alleged links to Kremlin, to which he had responded: “I did not have communications with the Russians.”
“He was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign – not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee,” Sessions‘ spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores told the Post.
The Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation – both under Sessions‘ supervision – are in charge of investigating alleged Russian interference in the elections, besides alleged links between Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin. — EFE
