Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Senate committee

Senate intelligence committee Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017, during the committee’s hearing about Sessions’ role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Sessions’ Russian contacts during the presidential campaign and his decision to recuse himself from an investigation into possible ties between Moscow and associates of President Donald Trump.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions confers with a member of his staff while testifying before the Senate intelligence committee on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2017 in Washington.

Senate intelligence committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, confers with committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the committee.

Senate intelligence committee members Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, left, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., confer on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the committee.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate intelligence committee on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2017 in Washington.

Senate intelligence committee member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., right, with Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017, during a committee hearing.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017, to testify before the Senate intelligence committee.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions reads about his recusal while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017, before the Senate intelligence committee.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes an oath before testifying during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes an oath before testifying during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions looks at papers before testifying during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is greeted by Senate intelligence committee Chairmen Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., before his testimony before the Senate intelligence committee on June 13, 2017, in Washington.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens before he testifies during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens before he testifies during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

Republican Sen. Richard Burr, from North Carolina, right, and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, from Virginia, left, prepare as they await the arrival of Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Senate intelligence committee hearing June 13, 2017, on Washington.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to testify during a Senate intelligence conmittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on June 13, 2017, in Washington.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to testify during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 13, 2017.

A Senate staff member places a name card for Attorney General Jeff Sessions before a hearing of the Senate intelligence committee on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2017, in Washington.