The announcement comes a day after The Washington Post revealed that Sessions twice met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and did not disclose that fact to Congress during his confirmation hearing.

At that hearing, Sessions was asked what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign, and said, “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
   
 
News Alert Thu., Mar. 02, 2017 4:11 p.m.
 
 
Attorney General Sessions is recusing himself from any probe related to 2016 presidential campaign
The announcement comes a day after The Washington Post revealed that Sessions twice met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and did not disclose that fact to Congress during his confirmation hearing.

At that hearing, Sessions was asked what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign, and said, “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians.”
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