US ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER OATH AVOIDS DIRECT ANSWERS|美司法部長赴參院作證 否認通俄門指控

On June 13, the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was grilled under oath on his ties and those of the Trump administration to Russia and his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey. He denied having undisclosed meetings with Russian officials and repeatedly refused to answer questions about his private conversations with the president. Sessions stepped into a legal minefield which resulted in his dodging questions when under oath before the Senate intelligence committee, about his contacts with Russian officials and his role in the firing of the FBI director, James Comey. He refused to answer a series of questions during the Senate hearing and denied stonewalling when questioned by Oregon's senator. == RON WYDEN Oregon Dem. Senator== I believe the American people have had it with stonewalling. We are talking about an attack on our democratic institutions, and stonewalling of any kind is unacceptable. ==JEFF SESSIONS US attorney general == Senator Wyden, I am not stonewalling. I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice. You don't walk into any hearing or committee meeting and reveal confidential communications with the president of the United States, who's entitled to receive confidential communications and your best judgment about a host of issues. And for being accused of stonewalling for not answering them. So I would push back on that. He repeatedly avoided questions about whether he had discussed FBI director James Comey's handling of the FBI's Russia probe with Trump before the president fired Comey on May 9. Similarly, he did not answer whether Trump had expressed concern to Sessions about the Attorney General's March decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR