WATCH LIVE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Testifies About The Russia Investigation

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee in an open hearing on Tuesday. Senators will likely ask about his recusal from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and what if anything he knew about President Trump reportedly asking former FBI Director James Comey to ease off the inquiry into onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn. Watch the hearing live below. 

Here is Sessions' prepared opening statement to the committee, annotated by NPR journalists.

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