--- title: Jeff Sessions Recuse: Attorney General Will Not Investigate description: Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he would recuse himself from any investigations involving President Trump's campaign. canonical: https://time.com/4689524/jeff-sessions-recuse-russia-trump-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-02T21:35:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:07:58.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Recusing Himself og:description: A complete transcript. og:url: https://time.com/4689524/jeff-sessions-recuse-russia-trump-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3e95e26d084d63b/6988bcd20b72e3854e6ecd62/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-russia-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5417 og:image:height: 3047 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Recusing Himself twitter:description: A complete transcript. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3e95e26d084d63b/6988bcd20b72e3854e6ecd62/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-russia-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Remarks on Recusing Himself > Sponsored content. 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Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 8, 2017. Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:07 PM UTCPublished: Mar 2, 2017 9:35 PM UTC Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he would [recuse himself](http://time.com/4689492/jeff-sessions-russia-recuse/) from any investigations involving President Trump’s campaign, following reports that he [did not disclose meeting](http://time.com/4688090/jeff-sessions-russian-ambassador-trump-campaign/) with the Russian ambassador. At a press conference at the Department of Justice, Sessions said that his [meetings with the Russian official](http://time.com/4688494/jeff-sessions-russia-confirmation/) were not improper, saying the decision stemmed from his role as a campaign surrogate. “I should not be involved in investigating a campaign I had a role in,” he said. 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