The New York Times on Wednesday criticized 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 for his repeated failures to recall contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russians during the 2016 campaign.

“Mr. Sessions spent most of Tuesday’s hearing as he has all the others he’s sat through this year — by not recalling things that one would think most people would,” the Times’s editorial board wrote.

Members of the House Judiciary Committee grilled Sessions on Tuesday over his knowledge of contacts between Trump campaign members and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential race.

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Sessions previously did not recall meeting with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Last month, Sessions said he was not aware of any other Trump campaign members meeting with Russians.

It was revealed soon after that two campaign advisers, Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, had spoken with Russians about arranging a trip to Russia to meet government officials.

Sessions said Tuesday that recent news reports about Papadopoulos jogged his memory that he did talk with the former campaign aide.

The newspaper ripped Sessions for saying his answers “have not changed,” and that he’s “always told the truth.”

“He’s right — if you redefine the words ‘changed,’ ‘always’ and ‘truth,’ ” the paper wrote.

“What else are you forgetting, Mr. Attorney General?” the Times added.

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Sessions on Tuesday also faced calls from Republicans to appoint a second special counsel to investigate a number of allegations related to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE, but he pushed back on the idea.

“You can have your idea, but sometimes we have to study what the facts are and to evaluate whether it meets the standards it requires,” Sessions told Rep. Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus Republicans call for Judiciary hearing into unrest in cities run by Democrats MORE (R-Ohio).

As special counsel Robert Mueller carries out his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, several Republicans and Trump himself have suggested the Justice Department should be looking into Democrats, specifically Clinton.