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He is making a fine distinction here. >> reporter: that is right, christine. especially given the timing of it. one of the conversations as you mentioned was during the gop convention and it's other one was in his office. these are private conversations. how you are supposed to show where you drew those lines will be tricky for him. >> how does the doj handle the next few weeks with the uncertainty? >> you know, it will be a distraction. the doj is one of the institutions that have a number of career lawyers that sort of truck on and do their workd work day-to-day. this is going on in the back...

Awkward position among the chorus of calls now for a special prosecutor in the case. >> laura, if sessions cannot oversee a russia probe, who makes decisions in the meantime and what is the timeline for the special prosecutor if necessary? >> reporter: if sessions decides to step aside, the acting attorney general dana bente steps in. eric holder did it. the attorney general can do that in a conflict of interest. the special prosecutor is interesting. there used to be a statute on the books to make it easy to appoint someone in the situation. that statute lapsed in the 1990s. the svery person ...

Confirmation hearings to mewo meetings he had with the russian diplomat. sessions met with the diplomat twice in the 2016 race when he was an advisor to donald trump's campaign. >> the white house is playing this off as a partisan political play. the facts are pretty plain. meeting twice with the same russian that michael flynn did contradicts the answers that sessions gave twice during his senate confirmation hearing. the explanation from the doj, sessions met with a lot of people. refusing to recuse himself. democrats are saying he should not only recuse himself, some saying he should resign...

The second time in september in sessions' senate offices. sessions was a prominent surrogate for the president trump campaign with ambassador sergei kislyak. he is arrested to be the top spy recruiter. listen to what sessions said or didn't say when senator al franken asked him directly about contacts between the trump campaign and russian opfficials. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government during the course of the campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been cal...

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