Watch Sen. Kamala Harris expertly corner Jeff Sessions over his refusal to answer questions

Jeff Sessions and Kamala Harris.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, where he faced questions regarding the ongoing investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian interference in last year's presidential election. Sessions was specifically questioned about his role in President Trump's abrupt firing of former FBI Director James Comey last month, including the memo he delivered to the president the day before Comey's dismissal.

Sessions repeatedly declined to answer questions about his conversations with Trump, saying he was not invoking executive privilege, but maintaining nonetheless that he was protecting Trump's "constitutional right" by not answering questions the president has not had a "chance to review." He also cited a vague "longstanding policy" at the Department of Justice that apparently precludes publicly discussing conversations officials have had with the president.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.