Sessions offside research 'Russia Gate'

washington - US Secretary Jeff Sessions of Justice will no longer interfere with the investigation currently under way into possible Russian interference in US politics and contact with people from the Trump camp during the election campaigns.

He wants to prevent any conflict of interest in what has now become known in the US media Russia Gate. That makes Sessions announced Thursday at a special press conference.

The justice minister is under heavy fire because he would have lied to the Senate committee that questioned him under oath about his contact with Russians. The 70-year-old Sessions had during the election campaign Trump twice contact with the Russian ambassador Sergei Kislijak, but he did not tell against the Senate committee.

At the press conference in Washington, he said he was with the Russians certainly had not spoken about the campaign or on matters related to Trump. I have spoken the truth to the committee. The accusations are false, 'he said Thursday. 'We talked about different issues. Terrorism and Ukraine. There were no political issues on the agenda, 'he said emphatically. He promised that he would contact the Senate Committee so desire, to explain his statement at that time. He admitted that he should have said that he had had contact with the ambassador.

President Donald Trump said earlier on Thursday during a visit to the US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford 'complete confidence' to have Sessions.

'Sessions is an honest man and he said nothing wrong. He could express his answer better, but it obviously was not intentional, 'said Trump. 'It is a complete witch hunt by the Democrats. '