Did he say he had no contact with the Russians of any kind, or no contact with Russians regarding the election? Context is important.
@skeeter His response to Franken was "I've been called a surrogate for the campaign, and I had no contact with the Russians." Somewhere upthread I posted his exact words.
The written question and answer (from the Guardian):
"While the committee was considering his nomination, the panel’s top Democrat, Senator Patrick Leahy, also raised the issue of communications with Russia in a written questionnaire.
“Several of the president-elect’s nominees or senior advisers have Russian ties,” Leahy wrote, before asking Sessions point-blank: “Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?”
“No,” Sessions responded."