Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to the Russian ambassador about issues related to President Trump’s campaign, despite his public denials about making such interactions, a report said.
Sessions’ conversations with Sergey Kislyak were recounted by the ambassador in subsequent discussions that were intercepted by US intelligence agencies, according to The Washington Post.
Sessions recused himself from any investigations involving Russia when it became public that he met with Kislyak.
However, he insisted he never discussed campaign-related issues with any Russian officials.
“I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign,” he said in March.
Given the new information, a US official said Sessions has provided “misleading” statements that are “contradicted by other evidence.”