Viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer reporting here in washington. Susan collins, an important republican senator from the state of maine just issued a statement saying the attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions, should recuse himself to ensure Public Confidence in the justice departments investigation. He should also clarify his statements to the Judiciary Committee with respect to his communications with the Russian Ambassador. There are important developments that were following right now. Breaking news. A new russia headache for the trump administration. The attorney general is facing growing calls from republicans to recuse himself from the Russian Investigation and calls from democrats for him to resign. Jeff sessions is under fire over his own contacts with russia. He met twice last year with the top russian diplomat here in the United States but he did not mention those meetings during his confirmation hearing. He testified that he kn
Enforcement officer invoking the phrase multiple times, couching answers as he testifies under oath, and his tenure as attorney general and trump administration. We want to welcome our viewers from the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Breaking news tonight. Attorney general Jeff Sessions offing a fiery and indignant denial of knowing any collusion between the russian en. Ref refusing to discuss private conversations in his highly public testimony. The attorney general rejected accusations that he was stonewalling, claiming he is protecting the president s right to assert executive privilege down the road in the future. But frustrated democrats werent buying his explanation as they try to get more information about mr. Trumps contacts with james comey, modis for firing fbi director and any possible obstruction of justice. Sessions questioned for nearly it 1 2 hours by normer Senate Colleagues about meetings with Russian Ambassador. Recusa
Ironically under the threat of subpoena by House Republicans. Well, those memos, which represent key evidence in the ongoing criminal investigation of the president , were promptly leaked to the press. Among other things, the memos back up comeys assertion that the president never once asked him about protecting the country from russian interference. What any do show is that the president was obsessed with the most salacious allegation in the dossier compiled by former British Intelligence officer christopher steele. In one exchange in the oval office, the president denied any impropriety but appeared to suggest that he had talked about, catch this he had talked about prosecutes with russian president Vladimir Putin. They had chatted about the topic on one or more occasions. Comey documented that. The president said the hookers thing is nonsense but that putin had told him, we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. They actually had that conversation according to the pre
Back up comeys assertion that the president never once asked him about protecting the country from russian interference. What they do show is that the president was obsessed with the most salacious allegation in the dossier compiled by former British Intelligence officer christopher steele. In one exchange in the oval office, the president denied any impropriety but appeared to suggest he had talked about, catch this about prostitutes with russian president putin. They chatted about the topic on one or more occasions. Comey documented that. The president said the hookers thing is nonsense but that putin had told him we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. They actually had that conversation according to president. Comey notes that the president did not say when putin told him this. And i dont recall the rest is redacted. In last nights interview with rachel, comey said he took that claim seriously. He told you that he had had a personal conversation with president puti
President trump sending up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the border. Thats about a brigade size. Some democratic governors say they will refuse to allow troops from their states to partake in the plan. Fox news correspondent gillian turn everywhere is here with more. Hey, pete. In the wake of President Trumps decision to dispatch National Guard troops to secure the southern border, the pentagon has now announced they are creating a special Border Security cell of their own. The cells official mission . Backing up Border Patrol agents. Aaccording to the secretary of defense. We are looking at how we can best provide support to the department of Homeland Security. Well figure it out. It will be consistent with law and the spirit of congress. No problem. But dont let that Mission Statement fool you. Serve as liaison between the pentagon and the department of Homeland Security, making sure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Watching monitors, border cameras and sensor feeds. Those kinds of