--- description: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. title: Read Chuck Schumer's Call for Jeff Sessions to Resign image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta83835d6c4d9ae64/6988bcb42dce01409c9ec7c0/chuck-schumer-jeff-sessions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Chuck Schumer's Call for Jeff Sessions to Resign by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 2, 2017 5:08 PM CUT  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](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 2, 2017 5:08 PM CUT Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on [Attorney General Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4688494/jeff-sessions-russia-confirmation/ "undefined") to [resign](http://time.com/4688406/jeff-sessions-chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-resign/ "undefined") over [reports that he met](http://time.com/4688090/jeff-sessions-russian-ambassador-trump-campaign/ "undefined") 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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