Sessions vehemently denies misleading on Russia contacts, claiming memory lapse

Carrie Johnson:

They do.

And, in fact, on the eve of this hearing, the Justice Department sent a letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill saying the attorney general and his deputy had directed senior federal prosecutors to look into these allegations with respect to the Clinton Foundation, this uranium deal when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, and some other allegations with respect to Hillary Clinton in her e-mail.

There was no commitment to name a special counsel, though, and Jeff Sessions got into a back-and-forth with Republicans about the need for a factual basis in order to launch such an investigation. Things just looking bad, Jeff Sessions said, aren't enough to launch an investigation.

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