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Reuters
WASHINGTON
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned last week by the special counsel's office investigating potential collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
The interview marked the first time that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office is known to have interviewed a member of Trump's Cabinet, and is another serious development in an investigation that has hung over Trump's year-old presidency.
Sessions was an adviser to Trump's campaign before the Republican president appointed him as the top US law enforcement official. Sessions recused himself from overseeing the Russia probe last March after media reports that he had failed to disclose 2016 meetings with Moscow's then-ambassador, Sergei Kislyak.
Trump has openly criticized Sessions for the recusal, an action that paved the way for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the No. 2 official in the Justice Department, to appoint Mueller as special counsel in May 2017. Among other matters, Mueller is looking into whether Trump has sought to obstruct the Russia investigation. Ian Prior, a Justice Department spokesman, confirmed a report in the New York Times that Sessions met for hours with Mueller's team last week. Prior did not provide additional details. An attorney representing Sessions could not immediately be reached for comment.
US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign using hacking and propaganda to attempt to tilt the race in favor of Trump. Russia has denied it. Trump has denied any collusion with Russia, and has called the Mueller's investigation a"witch hunt"and"hoax."
Sessions has denied lying, saying he was"honest and correct"and not trying to mislead Congress. He has frequently said he has trouble remembering some of the meetings, and has said he has always sought to answer questions"fairly and accurately."
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