Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified Tuesday that he only recently recalled speaking with former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, who has admitted having had contacts with Russians during the Trump campaign. Sessions is accused of committing perjury for previously telling Congress that he was not aware of any Trump campaign official talking to the Russians, when in fact he led a meeting in March 2016 during which Papadopoulos talked about his ties to Russia and suggested setting up a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, Sessions testified that he now remembers rejecting Papadopoulos’s idea at that meeting and telling Papadopoulos he did not have the authority to represent the Trump campaign in such discussions. This is Sessions, speaking to the House Judiciary Committee.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “Frankly, I had no recollection of this meeting until I saw these news reports. I do now recall that—the March 2016 meeting at the Trump Hotel that Mr. Papadopoulos attended, but I have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting.”