Have been perceived is that i wouldnt be objective in participating in an investigation that might involve the campaign. I do not confirm or deny any investigation. I just felt like i should clear the air. Shannon john roberts is live on the north hall. How is this story affecting the white house this morning . The white house was worried this was becoming the big story, the big narrative feeding into this idea there was more to this russia story than the white house was leading people to believe. And yesterday it even really kind of blew the president s big signature speech aboard the uss ford out of the headlines. Jeff sessions moved quickly to take the story out of the headlines announcing he had had a previously planned meeting with his staff yesterday to decide whether or not he should be in charge of investigations regarding russian interference in the election. During that press conference he said he would recuse himself from future investigations regarding the campaign. What tr
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