Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not thats why the Attorney General failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. I do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented Special Counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questions, but im
doj talk about? sessions, obviously, said that he told comey there are those lines, but comey says it a little bit differently and says sessions just stared at him blankly. the next thing is, did sessions of offer to resign? last week, cnn and others reported that the relationship had fractured a bit. but i am told that sessions has no plans to resign. but if he did offer, why? and we re told that the president didn t accept it. so, senators are going to certainly want to probe him on that and get to the bottom of it. the next is, what exactly is doj s position on the support for special counsel bob mueller? the trump confidante, chris ruddy, is now saying that the president of the united states is considering terminating mueller, but the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, is up on the hill right now saying that there are regulations in place, and that decision isn t up to the president. and last but not least, how many times exactly did sessions meet with the russian ambassador,
the issues that comey raised about him. comey has this whole story about going to the attorney general after meeting alone with the president and being uncomfortable, saying this was inappropriate, saying this can t happen. to hear comey tell it, sessions looked at him blankly. sessions says that didn t happen at all and i told him there are clear lines of communication between the fbi and the white house. so there are two very conflicting stories here senators want answers to. how do you think the president reacts to this? we re told reports suggested sessions offered to quit because the president was so furious over his recusal. how might the president react now that he knows sessions volunteered to testify before the senate intel committee? i don t think it helps sessions with the president. this is in addition to the fact that it s been made public that it s possible sessions met with the russian ambassador again. the potential third meeting. yeah. i think sessions could be