Panetta Statement on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Communications with Russian Officials

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made false statements about meeting with Russian officials during his confirmation hearings:

"The reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions perjured himself during his confirmation hearings about his meeting with officials from Russia are alarming. An independent special prosecutor should open an investigation into his interactions with Russian officials during last year's presidential campaign. If the reports are true, Attorney General Sessions must resign. This revelation reemphasizes the need to establish an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the Trump Administration's ties to Russia."