Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin urged Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to commit to investigating as attorney general unverified reports that Russia collected compromising information on President-elect Trump.
Durbin said the unverified reports warranted several investigations and wanted assurances that Sessions would look into the matter.
“The context of Senator Sessions’ confirmation hearings is changing by the minute,” Durbin said in a statement. “It is becoming clear that we need credible assurance that America’s next attorney general would continue any investigation on this matter, independent of directives by the White House to terminate it.”
Durbin said he intended to press the issue during the second round of hearings on Sessions’ bid to become attorney general on Wednesday. In addition to investigations Sessions might conduct, Durbin wanted Congress to dig into the matter, too.
“These reports, though unverified, warrant serious investigation by a Select Committee in Congress or a Commission of public officials and private citizens with subpoena power to investigate them — led by people of integrity like General Colin Powell and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,” Durbin said.
