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Hnited States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 March 20, 2017 The Honorable James B. Comey, Jr. Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535 Dear Director Comey: We are writing you in regards to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' representations to the Senate Judiciary Committee, both at his confirmation hearing and subsequent to it. In a written question after the hearing, Senator Leahy asked him:. Several of the President-Elect's nominees or senior advisers have Russian ties. Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before. or after election day? Under oath, Attorney General Sessions responded with an unequivocal "No," and provided no further explanation. During his confirmation hearing on January 10, 2017, Senator Franken also asked communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?" Rather than respond to the question asked, he instead testified that "[he has] been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign and.[he] did not have communications with the Russians.". On March 1, 2017, the Washington Post reported that Attorney General Sessions had at least two meetings with the Russian ambassador during the 2016 elections.' According to the report, then-Senator Sessions had a private meeting in https://www.washingtonpost.com/worid/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during- trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-1 le6-99b4-9e613afeb09t story.html