Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he followed the law in recusing himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, pushing back after harsh criticism from President Donald Trump.
“To not recuse myself from that investigation, of which I was a target as a senior campaign official and a witness, would have been breaking the law. I do not and will not break the law,” Sessions, who is running for his old seat in the Senate, said in a statement on Friday.
