B7 THURSDAY Sessions questioned in Russia probe

WASHINGTON, D.C.: US attorney general Jeff Sessions was named on into allegations of Russian election meddling, as a report said the president himself could face known to have expressed hostility towards Trump.

The loss of the private messages has sparked accusations of a Watergate- like coverup from Republicans, who claim that Mueller’s probe is biased against the president.

Trump himself weighed in Tuesday about the issue.

“In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI now says it is Strzok-Page texts, perhaps 50,000, and all in prime time. Wow!”

Mueller, a former FBI director, has already issued indictments for several former Trump aides, and his interview of Sessions could signal he is getting closer to the president.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Mueller wants to question Trump in the “coming weeks” over the 2017 firings of his national security advisor Michael Flynn and FBI director James Comey, as part of the probe which also looking into the possibility that Trump obstructed justice.

What Sessions told Mueller could be crucial in the investiga he had several interactions with Russia’s former ambassador in Washington. He also oversaw the campaign’s team of foreign policy advisors, including George Papadopoulos, who had extensive person indicted in Mueller’s probe.

Moreover, Sessions played a key FBI director James Comey, whose pursuit of the Russia meddling case angered Trump.

Asked Tuesday about Sessions being questioned, Trump said he wasn’t worried.

“I’m not at all concerned. Not at all,” he said.

Faced with the pressure on Trump, the Strzok-Page texts have given Republicans a wedge to try and undermine Mueller’s overall credibility.

The catalogue of some 50,000 texts show the two, who were having an affair while taking part in the FBI’s 2016 investigation rival Hillary Clinton, repeatedly expressing political preference for Clinton and disdain for Trump.

That investigation, into Clinton’s misuse of a private email server while she was secretary of state, ended when Comey decided there was not enough evidence to charge her, raising howls from Republicans of bias.