World: Is Donald Trump about to lose his attorney general?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (8154869y) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order surrounded by small business leaders in the Oval Office of the White House US President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington DC, USA - 30 Jan 2017 Trump said he will dramatically reduce regulations overall with this executive action as it requires that for every new federal regulation implemented, two must be rescinded

 

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced a long and contentious confirmation hearing before taking office in February.

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Now, Democrats and others are demanding his resignation. They say he lied under oath about two meetings with Russia’s ambassador to Washington.

During his confirmation hearing in January, Sessions denied they had met.

 

However, after a US media report claimed otherwise, Sessions now admits that a meeting did take place, although he says the election campaign was not discussed.

He now says he will not be involved in any inquiry into Russia’s links to the presidential election.

Democrats clearly smell blood but is Donald Trump right to call it a “witch-hunt“?

Presenter: Hazem Sika

Guests:

Melanie Sloan – Government Ethics specialist.

Bruce Fein – Former Associate US Deputy Director General.

Mark Sleboda – International Relations and Security Analyst.

-Al Jazeera

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