Report cites U.S. administration officials

Embattled U.S. Attorney-General Jeff Sessions discussed campaign-related issues with the Russian ambassador to Washington during the presidential race — something Mr. Sessions had insisted he did not do, The Washington Post reported.

The paper on Friday quoted current and former administration officials who cited United States intelligence intercepts of Ambassador Sergey Kislyak’s accounts to his bosses in Moscow of two encounters he had with Mr. Sessions, then an adviser to President Donald Trump, during the presidential campaign.

The report is certain to add more pressure on Mr. Sessions, whose job security is seen as being in jeopardy after the President criticised him in scathing terms in an interview this week with The New York Times, saying he was sorry he had hired him.

Trump expressed regret

Mr. Trump said he regretted the hiring because Mr. Sessions in March recused himself from overseeing an FBI-led investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the election in Mr. Trump’s favour and whether the Trump team colluded in that effort.