Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise Pelosi, Schumer 'encouraged' by Trump call for bigger coronavirus relief package Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (D-N.Y.) on Sunday raised questions about whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE violated his recusal promise.

During an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Schumer said he thinks Sessions should be investigated.

"He didn't tell the truth about meeting with the Russians, so he recused himself," Schumer said. "Now he seems to be violating that recusal, that would seem on its face to be part of this."

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Schumer said he asked the inspector general to look into "any interference to thwart the investigation" regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election as well as whether Sessions "should have participated in the firing of Comey."

Schumer said he called for Sessions to step down when he "didn't tell the truth about the Russians."

"Because it's the highest law enforcement officer in the land," he said. He doubled down on the request Sunday.

"The actions of the last week make all the more reason that he should not be attorney general," he said.