As a result of a story that broke last evening which claims that he spoke with the Russian ambassador to the United States twice during the course of the presidential campaign and then denying during his confirmation hearing that those conversations took place, newly confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions today is facing calls to resign from his post or at least recuse himself from investigations into potential Russian involvement in the November election.
A number of Democrats have called on him to resign and have urged for the launch of an independent probe. At the same time, several Republicans have asked Sessions to recuse himself from any investigation into Russian involvement in the election.