with russian officials during the campaign, part of what that did is create a political problem for the white house with him having to take himself out of his attorney general role in terms of overseeing any russia investigations but also created a problem for jeff sessions himself. because one of the places he denied ever meeting during the campaign was when he was under oath during the confirmation hearings and also lied by omission in his sworn paperwork he submitted to apply for a security clearance. that application asked about your meeting with foreign officials. he did not declare any meetings a with russians as part of the application. how will he explain that? it took a few weeks after the recrr recuse l thing happened but he had the justice department put out a statement giving him not exactly an alibi but at least an excuse for what he had done. in march he recused himself. in may, finally, you got the