. >> congressman i've been handed this statement time stamped 11 kwlun 30 a.m. eastern time, statement from the attorney general. attorney general sessions has provided the following statement: i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. i have no idea what this allegation is about. it is false. and congressman, as you know, part of their defense tonight is that our guy now the attorney general was on senate foreign relations -- >> armed services. >> armed services, rather, and he met with a lot of people. that was part of his job. >> sure. we all do. but the fact is that we knew that the russians war medaling and there was rumors coming forward. come on, brian. you would remember -- first of all, let's go back. president trump as late as the last few days has said one of his number one people from the very beginning was attorney general sessions. he was his great advisor. he was the one that was with him when nobody else was with him. he brags about this, ok. i mean, from the beginning. so he was intimately involved in the campaign