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Sessions denies involvement with Russia: <\/strong>US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions denied during a Senate hearing yesterday that he was party to an alleged conspiracy between now-President Donald Trump and the Russian government during the 2016 US presidential elections, the Financial Times reports<\/a>. However, Sessions\u2019 strategy throughout the hearing was largely based on \u201cstonewalling,\u201d as he refused to disclose several pieces of information the senators requested, including details on conversations he had with Trump. Vox<\/a> and the New York Times<\/a> have more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sessions denies involvement with Russia: US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions denied during a Senate hearing yesterday that he was party to an alleged conspiracy between now-President Donald Trump and the Russian government during the 2016 US presidential elections, the Financial Times reports. 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