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Testimony he said he did not recall any kind of meeting, which is standard fare. so what he was trying to do is say this is all wrong about me. and to the notion that james comey said well, wait a minute, if i was fired because of russia, what did attorney general sessions have to do with it because he recused himself on the russia investigation. sessions also tried in his own way to clear that up. pointing to the rod rosenstein memo and saying this was about the way he behaved during the campaign. so, he tried to sweep everything aside and really clear his name here. >> there is a lot of nonr...

Administration, including the president of the united states, either directed you or asked you to do any unlawful or illegal act since you've been attorney general of the united states? >> no, senator risch. >> thank you. >> senator feinstein? >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. welcome, attorney general. >> thank you. >> on may 19th, mr. rosenstein in a statement to the house of representatives essentially told them that he learned on may 8th that president trump intended to remove director comey. when you wrote your letter on may 9, did you know that the president had already decided to fire ...

United states either directed you or asked to you do any unlawful or illegal act since you have been attorney general of the united states? >> no, senator rich. they have not. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. welcome, attorney general. >> thank you. >> on may 19th, mr. rosenstein in a statement to the house of representatives essentially told them he learned on may 8th president trump intended to remove director comey. when you wrote your letter on may 9, did you know that the president had already decided to fire director comey? >> senator fein...

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...

But my sense is that no decision is final until it's carried out. my guess is that there are people at this dias who said they were going to let somebody go or fire somebody that never did that. the fact that the president said that on may 8th doesn't mean that the information he got from you on may 9th was not necessary or impactful, and i'm sure you're not going to say how many times the president said we ought to get rid of that person, but i'm sure that's happened. chairman, thank you. >> senator cain. >> mr. attorney general, thank you for joining us today. you testified a few minutes ago...