Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked the FBI since March to investigate Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ contacts with Russian officials, reports CBS.

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The FBI and Congress are examining a campaign event last spring during which Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and Jared Kushner were in a small gathering with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and other diplomats at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News.

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President Trump on Wednesday criticized the FBI’s investigation into ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia, calling the investigation a “witch hunt” after Carter Page, a former Trump adviser, said the FBI and CIA are not telling the truth about his role, reports The Washington Examiner.

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