But it was released shortly after The Washington Post reported - citing unnamed United States officials familiar with the matter - that the business dealings of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are being investigated by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, who has been investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump administration's potential ties to Russia.
That is exactly what Comey describes: President Trump directing him to end an ongoing criminal investigation as to whether Michael Flynn, a Trump campaign and former administration official, violated federal law in his dealings with Russian Federation.
President Donald Trump says he is being investigated for firing FBI Director James Comey by the man who told him to do it.
That's according to a late-breaking Wednesday night report from the Washington Post, which detailed how Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether Trump committed obstruction of justice.
The US President, who faces allegations of obstructing justice for firing former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, is reportedly the subject of a probe by the Special Counsel looking into possible collusion between his campaign and Moscow.
During his opening statement, Sessions addressed the committee's concerns about his contacts with Russian officials during his involvement in President Trump's campaign, as well as new reports of an alleged third, undisclosed meeting with a Russian diplomat. "In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country". "I can tell you that for absolute certainty". Trump fired Comey on May 9. However, Sessions incorrectly told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he had no further ethical obligation.
The special counsel is following two major lines of investigation, said one source.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Robert Mueller's investigation into the election has now widened to include the president.
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Usually this means witnesses lying to investigators - but it can also cover a person wilfully trying to protect a suspect by hiding evidence or trying to deter an investigation. Sessions cited the policy of the Justice Department, but also said that he did not want to limit Trump's ability to invoke executive privilege.
Mueller is overseeing a host of investigations involving people who are or were in Trump's orbit, people familiar with the probe said.
Pence has seldom addressed the Russian Federation issue, which has overshadowed Trump's White House agenda.
Chine Nouvelle/SIPA/NewscomPresident Donald Trump insisted he wasn't being personally investigated over his campaign staff's possible ties to Russian Federation, and he was right. But the legal question is whether from Trump's conduct and words it can be inferred that he acted with the intent to impede a pending criminal investigation. "It is my view that fully investigating the facts, circumstances, and rationale for Mr. Comey's removal will provide us the opportunity to do that on a cooperative, bipartisan basis", according to the letter.
"The FBI leak of information regarding the resident is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal", said Kasowitz spokesperson Mark Corallo. All week, some of Trump's most ardent defenders, including his son Donald Trump Jr., his White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and friend and occasional adviser Newt Gingrich have questioned the probe in similar ways.
"I don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct".
A spokesman for Mueller's team declined to comment. "That goes to the heart of the question of whether the president may have obstructed justice".
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