‘Sessions lied’: Top Democrat calls for US Attorney General to resign over alleged Russia ties

‘House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) is demanding US Attorney General Jeff Sessions surrender his post for “lying under oath” during confirmation hearings. Sessions had been asked about communications with Russians during the 2016 election.
Late Wednesday evening, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) released a statement calling on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign over statements he made to the Senate during his confirmation process.
“Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate. Under penalty of perjury, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee, ‘I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.’ We now know that statement is false,” Pelosi wrote.
Unnamed Justice Department officials told the Washington Post on Wednesday that Sessions spoke to Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak twice last year, which would contradict statements Sessions made as US senator during Senate hearings for his confirmation to the Attorney General post.’
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