Trump Says Sessions Has His Full Confidence as Questions Mount
- Attorney general denied Russian contact at nomination hearing
- Democrats step up calls for Sessions to resign over disclosure
Trump Says He Has ‘Total’ Confidence in Sessions
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President Donald Trump said he has “total” confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions and sees no need for Sessions to recuse himself from any investigation of Russian meddling in U.S. politics.
Trump voiced his support for Sessions in response to a shouted question before speaking at an event aboard a Navy aircraft carrier in Virginia. The attorney general has come under fire from Democrats and some Republicans after the Justice Department acknowledged that last year, at a time he was acting as a prominent surrogate for Trump’s campaign, Sessions had contacts with the Russian ambassador.