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Sessions said he made his decision after consulting with officials at the Justice Department, who recommended he should no longer participate in the probe.“I have now decided to recuse myself of any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States,” Sessions said during a news conference at the department’s headquarters in Washington.Sessions denied he intentionally misled senators when he told them at his confirmation hearing that he did not communicate with Russian officials during the campaign, because he had done so in his capacity as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, not as a surrogate for Trump.He also said he did not “recall any specific political discussions” with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.