Attorney General Jeff Sessions has agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.
Sessions’ testimony will come less than a week after former FBI Director James Comey appeared before the committee and declined to say that President Donald Trump tried to interfere in the FBI’s investigation of former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.
Sessions had been scheduled to discuss the Justice Department budget before a Senate panel chaired by Shelby. The AG said it’s clear the Russian investigation would become the focus of questioning, according to the AP.
"The Senate Intelligence Committee is the most appropriate forum for such matters, as it has been conducting an investigation and has access to relevant, classified information," Sessions explained.
CNN reported on Friday that Comey told members of the intelligence committee that the FBI had been investigating the possibility that there was a third undisclosed meeting between Sessions and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak that allegedly took place at Washington's Mayflower Hotel in April 2016.
It is unclear whether the upcoming intelligence committee hearing will be open or closed, according to CNN.
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