Newly confirmed
Attorney General of the United States, Jeff Sessions, is under increasing
pressure from Democratic lawmakers to resign from office after a new
report
revealed that he met with a top Russian official last year, during the campaign
period.
Sessions, a loyal
Trump supporter, met twice last year with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak in
Washington during the campaign period.
Kislyak's
discussions with Donald Trump's former
national security adviser Mike Flynn led to Flynn's firing and he is regarded
as one of Russia's top spies according to top U.S officials.
The two meetings
between Sessions and Kislyak occurred in July on the sidelines of the
Republican convention according to a report by Washington Post, and in
September in his office when he was a member of the Senate Armed Services
committee. There are now growing calls for Sessions to resign, because there's
a possibility he must have collaborated with Russian officials regarding the
election that U.S intelligence say was influenced by Russia to hurt Hillary
Clinton and Barack Obama.
In his confirmation
hearing by the senate to become attorney general, Sessions was asked about the
Russian State and he responded that he "did not have communications with
the Russians.".
If Sessions resigns,
he'll be the second top official of Donald Trump's administration to resign
over allegations of compromising American interests by having discussions with
Russian officials before assuming official White House roles..
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