officials during the campaign. >> i should not be involved investigating a campaign i had a role in. >> reporter: his attorney general jeff sessions admitting to meeting with russian ambassador sergey kislyak and not confirming it during his confirmation hearing. trump is standing by him. >> do you still have confidence in the attorney general? >> total. >> reporter: the president releasing a statement saying sessions could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional. accusing democrats of a total witch hunt. tweeting photos of senate minority leader chuck schumer with russia's president vladimir putin in 2003, calling schumer a total hypocrite, and of nancy pelosi with the russian ambassador in 2010, demanding an investigation. schumer responding saying he would happily talk re my conversation and putin.