Trump: AG Jeff Sessions “Probably” Testified Truthfully About Russia And He Has My Total Confidence

So this happened right before Sessions recused himself. The Hill reports:

President Trump said Thursday that he has “total” confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, dismissing bipartisan calls for Sessions to recuse himself from federal investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump told reporters he “wasn’t aware” of Sessions’ conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, but said he believes Sessions “probably did” speak truthfully to the Senate under oath.

“I don’t think so,” Trump said when asked if Sessions should stop involving himself in the U.S. government’s Russia probe.

Trump threw his support behind Sessions while speaking to reporters during a tour of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Newport News, Va., where the president delivered a speech that didn’t mention the swirling controversy over his attorney general.