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   Inch by inch, the road to Trump and his collusion with a foreign power to win   
   the last election, is being followed.  At the end of the road lies an   
   impeachment - and the liberation of the American people from a corrupt   
   government.    
      
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   Last Updated: Nov 14, 2017 2:24 PM ET    
      
      
   Jeff Sessions says he now recalls Trump campaign meeting where Russia   
   discussed    
      
   At issue is meeting attended by George Papadopoulos, who has pleaded guilty to   
   lying about Russia contacts    
      
   U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions now says he recalls a meeting with then   
   candidate Donald Trump and aides where campaign connections to Russia were   
   discussed, after earlier testifying he was unaware of any such contacts.    
      
   Sessions, addressing the House judiciary committee on Tuesday, said he   
   recalled the March 2016 meeting where foreign policy adviser George   
   Papadopoulos was present, "But I have no clear recollection of the details of   
   what he said during that meeting."    
      
   Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with   
   Russia, told the Trump campaign meeting that he had connections with Moscow   
   and could help arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir   
   Putin, according to    
   court documents.    
      
   Sessions had said during his January Senate confirmation hearing that he was   
   unaware of communications between the campaign and Russia.    
      
   In another Senate hearing last month, Sessions testified he had no improper   
   involvement with Russians and was not aware of anyone else from the campaign   
   who did.    
      
   Accusations of collusion with Russia during the election campaign have dogged   
   Trump's first 10 months as president, setting off an investigation by special   
   counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional probes.    
      
   U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Moscow meddled in the 2016   
   election to help Republican Trump's campaign.    
      
   The Kremlin denies that, and Trump says there was no collusion between his   
   campaign and Russian officials.    
      
      
   Tough questioning    
      
   Sessions, who faced tough questioning from committee Democrats on Tuesday,   
   vigorously denied lying to Congress about contacts with Russia.    
      
   "I will not accept, and reject accusations that I have ever lied under oath.   
   That is a lie," he said.    
      
   During the March 2016 meeting, Sessions shut down Papadopoulos's idea of   
   engaging with Russian contacts, according to a source familiar with the   
   matter.    
      
   Sessions said he now recalled that exchange with Papadopoulos.    
      
   "After reading his account, and to the best of my recollection, I believe that   
   I wanted to make clear to him that he was not authorized to represent the   
   campaign with the Russian government, or any other foreign government, for   
   that matter," Sessions    
   said on Tuesday.    
      
   After the meeting, Sessions said, he did not have "any further knowledge" of   
   additional contacts between the campaign and Russian officials.    
      
   Sessions also said he did not challenge a statement by another campaign   
   foreign policy adviser, Carter Page, that he told Sessions in a brief   
   encounter that he was about to leave for Moscow. But he said he had no memory   
   of that conversation.    
      
   The attorney general confirmed that he has asked senior federal prosecutors to   
   look into a host of issues involving former secretary of state and Trump's   
   election rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, including the sale of a uranium   
   company to Russia.    
      
   Trump and congressional Republicans have been demanding the appointment of   
   another special counsel to look into that issue. Democrats say five   
   congressional committees have looked into the issue and found nothing   
   improper.    
      
   "I have directed senior federal prosecutors to make recommendations as to   
   whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened,   
   whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources,   
   or whether any matters merit    
   the appointment of a special counsel," Sessions said.    
      
   In a testy exchange with Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, who wants an   
   investigation, Sessions said there had to be a "factual basis" in order to   
   proceed with a Clinton-related probe.    
      
   Trump recently said he wished he would have more influence over the Department   
   of Justice and the FBI, but Sessions said he will proceed according to the   
   law.    
      
   "I have not been improperly influenced and would not be improperly   
   influenced," he said.    
      
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