on the question and my staff recommended recusal. they said since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. >> the attorney general called allegations he acted as an intermediary between the trump campaign and russian intelligence as false and baseless. attorney general sessions he will clarify as confirmation testimony to the senate judiciary committee. there, he said he was caught offguard by democrat al franken's question about a media report concerning allegations the russians have a damaging dossier on then-candidate trump. attorney general sessions said he correctly stated he had no contact of a political nature with the russians but will now explain his meetings with the russian ambassador. in the september meeting, sessions said the request came out of the blue to meet with him and to this day, he does not understand the motive.