15 Nov 2017

Jeff Sessions denies lying over Russian contacts

From Morning Report, 7:21 am on 15 November 2017

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has denied lying about contact between members of Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia. Mr Sessions testimony to the House judiciary committee is his first public comment on the matter since special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment against former Trump campaign aide George Papadopolous. Washington correspondent Simon Marks joins us to explain the case.