Senate intel Dem: There are questions about Sessions’s role in Comey’s firing

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said on Sunday he plans to press Attorney General Jeff Sessions on his role in the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

“There’s a question of his participation in the firing of Director Comey,” Reed, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

“He had already recused himself, and then suddenly he is the one recommending to the president that Comey be fired,” he added.

{mosads}Sessions will respond to Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.

The attorney general recused himself from the probe into Russian election meddling after it was discovered he did not disclose two meetings he had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during his confirmation hearing.

The ousted FBI director reportedly told lawmakers during a closed session last week that Sessions might have had a third undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador.

“Then there’s been allegations publicly of meetings that go beyond the meetings that he’s declared he already had with representatives of Russian government, that’ll come up,” Reed said on Sunday.