Sessions Won't Say If He's Recused From Probe of Trump's Lawyer
- ‘I should not answer that question,’ Sessions tells senators
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Jeff Sessions, U.S. attorney general, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2018.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused Wednesday to say whether he’s recused himself from involvement in the Justice Department’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
“I should not answer that question; it would be inappropriate to do so,” Sessions said at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. “It is the policy of the Department of Justice that those who recuse themselves not state the details of it or confirm the existence of a investigation or the scope or nature of that investigation.”