Most Americans say special prosecutor should investigate Trump-Russia ties

Several investigations are now probing Russia’s alleged hacking of the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to benefit Mr Trump, and possible links between Moscow and people in Mr Trump’s camp.

Mr Trump has long made clear his wish to improve the relationship between Russian Federation and the United States – something that tumbled to a decades-low during the administration of Barack Obama.

Since the beginning of Trump’s term, these allegations have been widespread, ranging from allegations of hacked elections to former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn being forced to step down because of his contact with Russian officials. And those who regard their domestic political opponents as the greatest threat to the nation have little problem welcoming a foreign power’s help in defeating them.

According to news reports published at the time that have now resurfaced, Mr Trump met briefly with Vladimir Putin’s representative in Washington around six months before polling day.

Recent news stories from the Washington Post and several other sources have documented Sessions’ false testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding those meetings.

The wiretapping accusation, in conjunction with the White House’s request for a congressional inquiry, at a time when Congress has finally warmed to the idea of a bi-partisan investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to Russian Federation, has many political pundits believing this is a mere deflection tactic, but a risky one nonetheless.

The attorney general’s recusal was obviously a necessary and proper step, but necessity and propriety do not seem to matter to the president.

Given how unforthcoming the Trump apparatus has been on this whole business, Sessions has little claim to a benefit of the doubt when it comes to his cloudy recollections.

What happened is not hard to grasp: Sessions bowed to reality.

But the White House has come under renewed scrutiny over ties between campaign officials and Russian Federation. He has not learned that actual facts do not just go away, even if the president tries his best to ignore or deny them.

“If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to have a special prosecutor to look into your situation”, he told her during a nationally televised debate in October. If he can’t, then we’re really in trouble.

Flynn resigned in February, just weeks after he was named President Donald Trump named him to the national security post.

Trump has been in an open war with USA intelligence.

The Wall Street Journal report did not make it clear the extent of the interactions.

And the revelations about Sessions last week sparked a firestorm that preceded Trump’s Saturday tweets accusing President Barack Obama, without any evidence, of ordering a wiretap on his Trump Tower phones. It appears to be a futile attempt to pivot from the pressing issue at hand – Russian Federation – and begs the question; what’s really going on?

Over the last few days, media outlets around the world have asked one question: who exactly is Sergey Kislyak?

What if Congress grants Trump’s demand, however, and launches an investigation? “Among those voters who trust CNN, 89% said Russian meddling is serious and 94% of viewers want an independent investigation”. He said that Trump is “requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016”.

Trump has put himself in a no-win position.