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Today by democratic lawmakers, sessions explained he didnt remember papadopoulos comments until he read about them in the press. and while the attorney generals memory remained hazy on the specifics of what was proposed, it was crystal clear on sessions own response. >> i do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel, that mr. papadopoulos attended. but i have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. >> did anyone else at that meeting, including then c...

Those face a complicated and daunting procedure which is why 1,500 former hill employees recently tonight on "all in." >> do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel that mr. papadopoulos attended -- >> jeff sessions returns, but his memory does not. >> i do not recall such a conversation. >> tonight, the house interrogates the attorney general on trump and the russians. >> hes not russian either, you know. >> you understand, sir, i get to ask the questions. >> and congressman...

Forgotten about, the mercer-backed clinton fact book, the people who fund breitbart and bannan paid for this book. that was investigated by the fbi already. they have already been through that. >> yeah, been there, done that. doj and fbi career professionals said its not there. >> do you trust -- there was a lot of interpretation yesterday about that sessions letter. at first i think people thought fox news ran with a headline that department of justice doesnt rule out special prosecutor as if, ...

Don jr. corresponding with wikileaks really brings this to the center. and to my mind, this is one of those key smoking guns, along with the trump tower meeting from june of last year. this really shows that the trump campaign was amenable to an approach by wikileaks, and it also really destroys any notion that wikileaks was this impartial truth-teller and not an instrument of the russian government. an instrument of the russian government that don jr. was all too happy to cooperate with. >> eri...

Pressure sessions to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton. thereby, i think they think, distracting from the mueller investigation. >> its time, folks. its time to shut it down, turn the tables and lock her up. thats what i said. i actually said it. lock her up. >> the president has been publicly pressing sessions to investigate clinton, tweeting everybody is asking why the justice department, fbi, isnt looking to do all the dishonesty going on with crooked hillary and the...

Overand over again, they have exculpatory events only to have new information contradicting the initial account. and till insist there is a new perfectly innocent explanation. just last night, the atlantic broke the story that donald trump jr. was secretly corresponding with wikileaks in the run up to the election, refuting the strong denial by then vice president alcandidate mike pence that they were in cahoots. its the same pattern we saw can don jr.s shifting stories on his meeting with the r...

Attended a march 2016 meeting of the campaigns national security committee, which was chaired by sessions, where, according to those documents, when papadopoulos introduced himself to the group, he stated, and im quoting here, in sum and substance, that he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then candidate trump and president putin. but in previous appearances on capitol hill, as recently as last month, the attorney general denied any knowledge whatsoever of contacts betwee...

York times" report on sessions where he reportedly offered to resign just before the foreign trip. this is amazing to me. what exactly can you tell us? because if its tied to president trump being unhappy that jeff sessions recused himself, that recusal was not an admission of guilt and it got bipartisan suppt. >> the one person who didnt know about it in advance who was mad about it was donald trump, the president. he was blind-sided when attorney general sessions made this announcement that he...

Interested in comey expanding upon those. the president actually weighed in on sessions interview on tuesday. >> the attorney general told the special counsel -- >> not at all. >> did you talk to him about it? >> im not at all concerned. >> reporter: jeff sessions interview, a major development in the russia probe. the white house has continually said that it is cooperating with muellers investigation. >> thank you for that. joining us this morning, making his long-await "early start" debut, c...

Cabinet. more from cnns jessica schneider in washington. >> reporter: we do now know that both the attorney general and former fbi director james comey have both been interviewed by the special counsels office. the attorney general was questioned for several hours by muellers team last week on wednesday according to a source close to sessions. former fbi director comey spoke with investigators last year. the interviews we know focused on two things. first, thats meddling in the election, and sec...