House Speaker Paul Ryan says Attorney General Jeff Sessions should only recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election if Sessions is a subject of the probe.
Ryan says Congress has been "presented with no evidence that anyone on the Trump campaign or an American was involved in colluding with the Russians."
A growing number of Republicans want Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election and ties to the Trump campaign.
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman says in a statement that Sessions is a former colleague and a friend, "but I think it would be best for him and for the country to recuse himself from the DOJ Russia probe."
Portman joins congressmen Jason Chaffetz, Darrell Issa, and Tom Cole in calling for Sessions to recuse himself.
Other Senate Republicans are rallying around Sessions, saying they trust him and that it's up to Sessions whether to recuse himself.
Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee. He says, "I trust Jeff Sessions to make that decision."
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