--- title: Jeff Sessions Russia: Chuck Schumer's Call for Resignation description: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. canonical: https://time.com/4688760/jeff-sessions-russia-resign-chuck-schumer-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-02T17:08:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:38:03.357Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Chuck Schumer's Call for Jeff Sessions to Resign og:description: A complete transcript. og:url: https://time.com/4688760/jeff-sessions-russia-resign-chuck-schumer-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta83835d6c4d9ae64/6988bcb42dce01409c9ec7c0/chuck-schumer-jeff-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: chuck-schumer-jeff-sessions og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Chuck Schumer's Call for Jeff Sessions to Resign twitter:description: A complete transcript. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta83835d6c4d9ae64/6988bcb42dce01409c9ec7c0/chuck-schumer-jeff-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Chuck Schumer's Call for Jeff Sessions to Resign > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 2, 2017 5:08 PM UTC  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017, about news reports of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contact with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign. The revelation is spurring growing calls in Congress in both parties for him to recuse himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017, about news reports of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contact with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign. The revelation is spurring growing calls in Congress in both parties for him to recuse himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election.J. Scott Applewhite—AP by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 2, 2017 5:08 PM UTC Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on [Attorney General Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4688494/jeff-sessions-russia-confirmation/) to [resign](http://time.com/4688406/jeff-sessions-chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-resign/) over [reports that he met](http://time.com/4688090/jeff-sessions-russian-ambassador-trump-campaign/) with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. Speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill, the New York Democrat said that Sessions was not forthcoming about his meetings when he testified at his confirmation hearing about contacts with Russia. “Because the Department of Justice should be above reproach for the good of the country, Attorney General Sessions should resign,” he said. 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