anything that has to do with the election. he will stay out of the election probes until other cabinet members are sworn in. here is the exchange with jeff sessions and al franken. >> if there's evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two. and i didn't have my communications with the russians. my reply to the question of senator franken was honest and correct as i understood it at