Jeff Sessions investigated for possible perjury; Mueller found 'insufficient' evidence [View all]
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was investigated for perjury in connection to statements he made about contact with Russians during his confirmation hearing, according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Trump campaign and Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election.
Ultimately, however, the special counsel found his office could not prove Sessions was “willfully untruthful,” and found his explanation on Russian contact “plausible.”
The investigation into Sessions’ comments were confirmed in Mueller’s report, released to Congress and the public on Thursday. Part of the investigation centered on misstatements the then-Alabama Senator made during his confirmation hearing regarding contact with Russians, statements Sessions later clarified.
According to the report, the investigation found Sessions interacted with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on two occasions in 2016, as well as a reception held before Trump delivered a foreign policy speech. During his 2017 confirmation hearing, however, Sessions testified he “did not have communications" with the Russians, comments he later clarified to say he “did not recall” the conversations with the Ambassador.
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