The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is calling on 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 to step down amid reports that he twice spoke with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S.

"After reviewing Attorney General Session's testimony during his confirmation hearing and his statements this afternoon, I have come to the reluctant conclusion that the Attorney General should step down,” Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffDemocrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights ruling DHS asks Schiff to reconsider expanded probe after whistleblower complaint, declines additional interview requests Senate panel seeks documents in probe of DHS whistleblower complaint MORE (D-Calif.) said in a statement on Thursday.

“As a Senator, Mr. Sessions demanded complete and truthful testimony by those appearing before him for confirmation, and I do not believe he met his own rigorous standard.”

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Schiff previously called on Sessions to recuse himself from the government’s investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and ties between President Trump's campaign and Moscow.

Sessions announced Thursday afternoon that he would recuse himself from any current or future probes, amid pressure from lawmakers.

The attorney general reportedly spoke twice with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the presidential race, during which he was a senator from Alabama and top supporter of Trump’s campaign.

During his confirmation hearing for the attorney general post in January, Sessions said that he never spoke with any Russian officials during the campaign.

Sessions has since argued that he met and talked with Kislyak in his capacity as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Schiff dismissed that notion on Thursday, saying the attorney general would have to be “extraordinarily naive or gullible to believe that the Ambassador was seeking him out in his office for a discussion on military matters.”

“Sessions is neither,” he said.