Democrats urge Sessions to resign over Russia ties

Top US Democrats have called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign for hiding his contacts with Russia, raising a new challenge for President Donald Trump.

Sessions admitted on Wednesday that he had met with Russian Ambassador to America Sergey Kislyak twice during Trump’s campaign last year. However, he said the meetings were part of his routine meetings as a senator and not a Trump surrogate.

Democrats did not buy Sessions’ explanation, arguing that in his January confirmation hearings at the Senate judiciary committee, the former Alabama senator said he had no contact with Russian officials.

Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, called for the AG’s resignation for “lying under oath.”

“After lying under oath to Congress about his own communications with the Russians, the attorney general must resign,” she said.

“Sessions is not fit to serve as the top law enforcement officer of our country and must resign. There must be an…

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