memory? atty gen sessions: i could say or possibly had a meeting that i do not recall. i did not in any way failed to record something in my testimony or in my letter intentionally false. sessions appeared before the same set of high-level weather fired a affair director james comey described a mid-february meeting alleging he was pressured by the president to end the investigation into former national security advisor my clan. the president disputes comey s accounts. general flynn was in legal jeopardy. i don t think it s for me to say whether the conversation i had with the president was an effort to obstruct. i took it as a disturbing thing, concerning. sessions said comey never share the conversation but urged sessions not to leave him alone again with the president. you never asked director comey what took place in the meeting? atty gen sessions: what i do recall is that i did depart, i believe everyone else did depart, and director comey was sitting in front of the pr
so ridiculous that a sitting united states senator and an investor of a foreign government colluded in an open setting with hundreds of other people to pull off the greatest caper in the history of the country? atty gen sessions: thank you for is saying that, senator cotton. it is like through the looking glass. what is it? i explained how i said i had not met with russians because they were suggesting i come as a surrogate, had been meeting with russians. i said i didn t. and now the next thing you know, i m accused of some reception plotting some sort of influence campaign for the american elections. bret: through the looking glass. attorney general sessions, in a fiery response had clearly had not had any conversation or never met with any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with the campaign
did appear mr. comey felt the conversation was improper? atty gen sessions: he was concerned about it, and his record and what he said to me about his concern is consistent with my recollection. also fox news confirming a columbia law school professor who acted as an intermediary between james comey and the new york times reporter sharing information from memos that documented comey s conversation with president, the law school professor is providing what is described to us as relevant material to the special counsel robert mueller. bret: thank you. let s find out what the president is doing right now, reaction today s testimony pair john roberts has the story. take a good evening, the president is trying hard to stick with the agenda, talkie health care with senators and the lunch in the cabinet room earlier today. now in the midwest pushing his workforce development agenda but all the time keeping one eye on the goings-on on capitol hill.
there are none, can tell you that. this is an innuendo being leaked about me and i don t appreciate it. sessions insisted he never misled congress over his contacts with sergey kislyak. my answer was a fair incorrect response to the charge. sessions said he met with the investor in july s number but not in april of last year in washington mayflower hotel as widely reported. you never remember having a conversation or meeting with ambassador kislyak? atty gen sessions: i do not. in the event, was there a private room setting that you are involved in? atty gen sessions: no. other than the reception area that was shot off from, i guess, the main crowd. two to three dozen people. this didn t pop into your