U.S. Attorney General to appear before Senate intel committee

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia's ambassador to the US during the presidential campaign has sparked questions, has agreed to appear before the Senate intelligence committee as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the election.

Sessions recused himself in March from a federal investigation into contacts between Russia and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump after acknowledging that he had met twice last year with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

He had told lawmakers at his January confirmation hearing that he had not met with Russians during the campaign.

The Justice Department has said that while Sessions was there, for a speech by Trump, there were no meetings or private encounters.

Former FBI Director James Comey raised additional questions at a hearing, saying that the FBI expected Sessions to recuse himself weeks before he actually did. Comey declined to elaborate in an open setting.