On Wednesday night,
Washington Post, released a report claiming new U.S Attorney General, Jeff
Sessions twice met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in
Washington last
year, and may have possibly discussed electoral and political matters with
Kislyak, that influenced the U.S presidential elections Read here. Top
Democratic senators are now urging Jeff Sessions to resign.
Kislyak, is regarded
by U.S Intelligence agencies as a top spy recruiter in Washington and his
discussion with U.S President Donald Trump's former national security adviser
Mike Flynn before his assumption of office led to his resignation.
Top Democratic
senators are now asking Jeff Sessions to resign as he may have put American
intelligence and the safety of future elections in jeopardy with the meeting,
as he didn't even mention he had met with any Russian official during his
confirmation hearing by the Senate.
Jeff Sessions, a
loyal Trump supporter on Wednesday night swiftly responded to the reports,
denying he discussed anything political or electoral with the Russian
official.. The Justice Department and the White House have also responded to
the reports, saying unlike Flynn, Sessions did not do anything wrong.
"I never met
with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign," he said in
a statement on Wednesday night. I have no idea what this allegation is about.
It is false."
Sessions'
spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said there was nothing "misleading about
his answer" to Congress when asked about Russia.
According to Flores,
Jeff "was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and
the Trump campaign -- not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of
the Armed Services Committee."
"Last year, the
Senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors as a senior member
of the Armed Services Committee, including the British, Korean, Japanese,
Polish, Indian, Chinese, Canadian, Australian, German and Russian
ambassadors," Isgur Flores said in the new statement.
A Justice Department
official also talked about sessions meeting with CNN, saying Sessions met with
the ambassadors "in his capacity as a senator on the Armed Serviced
Committee."
A White House
official reacting to the reports, said: "This is the latest attack against
the Trump Administration by partisan Democrats.
(Attorney) General
Sessions met with the ambassador in an official capacity as a member of the
Senate Armed Services Committee, which is entirely consistent with his
testimony."
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