Grassley, Franken spar over ‘gotcha’ question to Sessions

Published March 7, 2017 8:16pm ET



Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., sparred on Tuesday over questions Franken asked Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions in January that led to his controversial remark that he had not met with any Russian officials.

Grassley accused Franken of asking a “gotcha” question during Sessions’ confirmation hearing in January.

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