During this week's hearing, Sessions repeatedly explained his repeated non-disclosures by citing what he called a long-standing Department of Justice policy.
During the Attorney General's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Wyden brought up former FBI Director James Comey, who was sacked by Trump last month based on Session's recommendation.
That led to a series of frustrated and sometimes tense exchanges with critics of President Donald Trump on the panel, NBC News reported. As Harris attempted to get a straight answer out of him, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) cut Harris off and chastised her for interrupting the AG.
"You're impeding this investigation", he said.
"I recused myself from any investigation into the campaign for president but I did not recuse myself from defending my honour against scurrilous and false allegations", he said.
Similarly, he did not answer whether Trump had expressed concern to Sessions about the attorney general's March decision to recuse himself from the Russian Federation investigation. Sessions added that, "to suggest that a recusal from a single specific investigation" would render him unable to manage the leadership of the FBI would be "absurd". "She was interrupted for asking tough questions", Harris' fellow committee member, Senator Ron Wyden tweeted.
Sessions insisted that he didn't want to be rushed during his questioning, because he didn't want to be later accused of lying should he not properly qualify his answers.
Wyden responded: "He said it's "problematic" and I asked you what was problematic about it".
In his testimony last week, Mr Comey accused the White House of lying about him and the FBI and repeatedly said he believed he was sacked because of the agency's investigation into Trump-Russia ties. Angus King, I-Maine, Sessions declined to say whether he believes Russian Federation attempted interfere in last year's election.
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Mr Sessions told committee members he could not speak about his discussions with the President concerning Mr Comey, as they were covered under executive privilege.
There's just one problem: Trump never invoked that right, known as "executive privilege" - a fact that Sessions himself admitted several times throughout the course of the hearing.
Both interruptions came after Sessions, who appeared to be refusing to answer Harris' questions, announced that the California senator's line of questioning made him "nervous". Richard Burr, committee chairman to Sessions before his opening testimony.
"I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States".
Testifying at a Senate hearing, Mr Sessions said it was a "detestable and appalling lie" to suggest that he participated in or was aware of any collusion between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign.
Sessions asserted that was not able to remember much of the details of his conversations or communications on the subject of Russian Federation. He says he does not recall any private meetings or conversations with Russian officials at that event.
At a separate hearing Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, overseeing that effort since Sessions stepped aside, said he's seen no basis for firing Mueller, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director he appointed as special counsel. "I never asked for any documentation", Sessions said.
Sessions, a former Republican US senator and an early supporter of Trump's presidential campaign, testified just five days after Comey told the panel Trump ousted him to undermine the agency's investigation of the Russian Federation matter.
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