Adam Schiff: Jeff Sessions would not answer if Trump has asked him to 'hinder' Russia investigation
by Kelly Cohen | Nov 30, 2017, 1:52 PM
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff said he was concerned over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision not to answer if President Trump has ever directed him to “hinder†the Russia investigation.
“I asked the attorney general whether he was ever instructed to take any action he [thought] would hinder the Russia investigation,†the California Democrat told reporters following a closed door committee meeting with Sessions. “And he declined to answer the question.â€
Schiff noted that though Sessions is able to claim executive privilege over conversations with the president, there is no “privilege basis†to decline to answer such a question. Schiff said Sessions also did not say he was ever instructed by Trump to claim executive privilege.
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