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Uncomfortable, you never asked director comey what took place in that meeting? >> att gen sessions: i would just say that, we were there. i was standing there. without revealing any conversation that took place, what i do recall is that i did depart, i believe everyone else did depart and director comey was sitting in front of the president's desk, and they were talking. that's what i do remember. it was in the next day that he said something, expressed concern about being left alone with the president. that in itself is not problematic. he did not tell me at that time any details about anythi...

Us our opinion. it was given, and he asked us to put that in writing i don't know how much more he said about that, but i believe he has talked about it, and i would let his words speak for themselves. >> well, on may 11th on "nbc nightly news," president trump said he was in a fire him regardless of the recommendation. i'm confused about the recommendation, because the decision had been made. what was the need for you to write recommendation? >> att gen sessions: well, we were asked our opinion, and when we expressed it, which was consistent with the memorandum in the letter we wrote, i felt ...

Clearly, by the time you had something to correct the record, i would have thought that you would have known that sergey kislyak was at that april 27th session. he had some press notoriety. and again, echoing what the chairman has said, just again for the record, there was no other meeting with any other officials by the russian campaign. >> att gen sessions: not to my recollection. i would just say with regards with the two encounters. one at the mayflower hotel, that you refer to, i came there not knowing he was going to be there. i do not have any recollection or knowing that he was going t...

Including president trump, directed you are asked you to do any lawful or illegal acts since you been attorney general of the united states >> att gen sessions: no, senator. >> thank you, mr. sessions. >> senator feinstein. >> thank you very much. welcome, attorney general. on may 19, mr. rosenstein and a statement to the house of representatives essentially told them that he learned on may 8th, president trump intended to remove director comey. when you wrote your letter on may 9th, did you know that the president had already decided to fire director comey? >> att gen sessions: senator feinst...

Recusal is because i felt i was a subject of the investigation myself. that i may have done something wrong, but this is the reason i recuse myself. i thought i was required to under the rules of the department of justice, and as a leader of the department of justice, i should comply with the rules, obviously. >> chairman burr: did your legal counsel know from day one that you would have to recuse yourself from this investigation because of the current statute? >> att gen sessions: well, i do have a timeline of what happened. i was sworn in on the ninth, i believe, february. i then on the tent...