Franken: I think Sessions committed perjury 01:15
Story highlights
- Franken said he thought the Attorney General committed perjury
- Sessions has denied wrongdoing
Washington (CNN)Minnesota
Sen. Al Franken said he now believes that Attorney General Jeff
Sessions committed perjury during his confirmation hearing when he did
not disclose meetings with a Russian ambassador.
Sessions'
response during the hearing to Franken's question about Russia and
President Donald Trump's campaign was demonstrably false, Franken said
Tuesday on CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper.
"It's
hard to come to any other conclusion than he just perjured himself,"
the Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary committee said.
Franken
also said that Sessions' response to his contacts with Russian
Ambassador Sergey Kislyak coming to light has been insufficient --
Sessions on Monday submitted written responses to the committee, denying
that he had answered Franken's question falsely.
"That's
a ridiculous response. It's not a clarification at all," Franken said,
adding that he had been waiting for Sessions' letter on Monday before
accusing him of lying.
He said Sessions should come before the committee again in order to explain what had happened.
Sessions announced
last week that he will recuse himself from any investigation dealing
with the Trump campaign due to his role as a surrogate for Trump.
Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said after the recusal that he would not call for Sessions to appear in person before the committee until his annual oversight hearing.
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