Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos on Sunday claimed Attorney General Jeff Sessions was "enthusiastic" about a potential meeting between then-candidate Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, contradicting Sessions' sworn congressional testimony late last year. And he deferred, of course, to then senior Senator Jeff Sessions, who I remember being quite enthusiastic." Papadopoulos' lawyers have previously said that President Trump "nodded with approval" at the suggestion of a meeting with Putin. "I pushed back, I will just say it that way," Sessions told Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. - Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos"My recollection differs from Jeff Sessions'," Papadopoulos told Stephanopoulos.

Source: Fox News September 09, 2018 16:52 UTC