The issue of recorded Trump conversations was raised by the president when he threatened ousted FBI Director James Comey with potential "tapes" of their conversations after Trump abruptly fired the bureau's chief. Democrats - who have never been the biggest fans of Sessions - say it's time for the Attorney General to talk.
Lankford said Sessions' testimony Tuesday will help flesh out the truth of Comey's allegations, including Sessions' presence at the White House in February when Trump asked to speak to Comey alone. Comey gives a cryptic answer at one point that also made people sit up and take notice.
Trump was not under investigation in the Russian Federation probe, Comey said. He did not elaborate.
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Smith received techs after a replay review. "I feel great, and I'm ready to pop some champagne", Green said postgame. Draymond Green stayed on the court in a game that featured three technicals on one play 3:08 before halftime.
Sessions, a close campaign adviser to Donald Trump and the first senator to endorse him, stepped aside from the investigation in early March after acknowledging he had spoken twice in the months before the election with the Russian ambassador to the United States. Feinstein said she was especially concerned after National Intelligence Director Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers refused to answer questions from the intelligence committee about possible undue influence by Trump. As mentioned above, since Attorney General Sessions is not testifying at hearings on the Justice Department budget, he'll be replaced by the Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein - who appointed Robert Mueller as Special Counsel for the Russian Federation probe. Look for the Russian Federation investigation to get mentioned in a variety of tangential hearings this week.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a member of the Intelligence committee, sent a letter to Sen. White House frustrations with the Justice Department spilled into public view last week, when Trump on Twitter criticized the legal strategy in defending his proposed travel ban. And the same committee asked Comey for his memos about conversations with Mr. Trump. Republicans have pressed Trump to say whether he has tapes of private conversations with Comey and provide them to Congress if he does - or possibly face a subpoena.
Spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday that Queen Elizabeth II had invited the president and "we look forward to scheduling that trip".
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