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Reference to your chief of staff sending out an email immediately notifying internally of your decision to recuse. did you ask to make that available? >> att gen sessions: i have it with me now. >> chairman burr: thank you, general sessions. have you had any conversations with robert mueller after his institution? >> att gen sessions: i'm not. after the email i've sent out with mr. comey, he indicated that they did not know that when i recuse myself, i did not receive notice. one of those emails went to him by name. a lot happens in our offices. i'm not accusing him of any wrongdoings, but in ...

With sergey kislyak? and to the best of my knowledge, you had no conversation with sergey kislyak? >> att gen sessions: i do not recall. certainly, i can assure you, nothing improper. if i had had a conversation with him, and it's conceivable that it occurred. i just do not remember. >> vice chairman warner: but there is nothing in your notes or memories that when you had a chance when you correct the record about the other two sessions in response to senator franken and cinder lahey, this did not pop into your memory that you had to report back to the session as well? >> att gen sessions: i g...

General >> vice chairman warner: i just want to get you on the record. >> >> att gen sessions: with rod rosenstein >> vice chairman warner: you will not have robert mueller removed. >> att gen sessions: i do not think that is appropriate for me to do. >> vice chairman warner: to your knowledge, has any department of justice official been involved with conversations about any possibility of presidential pardons about any of the individuals involved with the russian investigation? >> att gen sessions: mr. chairman, i am not able to comment on conversations on high officials within the white hous...

Involved in? >> att gen sessions: no. other than the eight reception area that was set off from the main crowd a couple dozen or two dozen. >> i'm sure the president shook some hands. >> att gen sessions: he did in the group. >> you mentioned that there were some staff that were with you at that event. >> att gen sessions: my legislative director at the time -- >> your senate staff? >> att gen sessions: he is a retired u.s. colonel who served in the armed services staff with john warner before he joined my staff. they were with me in the reception area and throughout the rest of the events. >>...

Attorney general did to and providing that information and writing. >> so, do you concur with the president that he was going to fire mr. sessions regardless of recommendation because the problem with this before? >> att gen sessions: i would just have to let his words speak for himself. i'm not sure what was in his mind explicitly we talked with him. >> did you ever discuss director comey's fbi handling of the russian investigation with the president or anyone else? >> att gen sessions: senator, that would call for communication between attorney general, and the president, and i am unable to ...