Sessions defends answer on Russians in amended confirmation testimony

Published March 6, 2017 10:48pm ET



Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, reiterated his assertion that he correctly answered questions at his confirmation hearing about Russian contacts with the Trump campaign.

Sessions wrote the letter on Monday as an amendment to the testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing, in which he told Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., that he had no contacts with Russians reaching out to the Trump campaign.

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