US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will step aside from a US Justice Department inquiry into alleged contacts between aides in President Donald Trump’s election campaign and the Russian government.
“I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the Trump [presidential election] campaign,” Sessions said during a press conference on Thursday at the US Justice Department.
“I feel I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in,” Sessions said.
However, he insisted he never met with Russian officials to discuss the election campaign.
Pressure is mounting on Sessions to either recuse himself from a possible investigation of the Trump administration’s connections to Russia or resign as attorney general.
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Sessions, a major policy adviser to the Trump campaign, had failed to disclose meetings with the Russian ambassador during the president’s election campaign.
Sessions told…