Attorney General Jeff Sessions just held a news conference at which he confirmed that his answers about Russia contacts during his confirmation hearings were true answers to the questions as he understood them -- about contacts concerning the campaign or as a spokesman for the campaign and not unrelated contacts in his capacity as Senator.  However, he will recuse himself from any matters involving the Trump campaign.

Now the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate need to get moving on the Deputy Attorney General nomination.  We have already seen what can happen when important decisions are made by Obama holdovers.

The WSJ has a stub of a story here, which says it will be updated as the story develops.