"My answer was correct. As I noted in my public statement on March 2, 2017, I was surprised by the allegations in the question, which I had not heard before. I answered the question, which asked about a 'continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump's surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government,' honestly," Sessions argues in the letter. "I did not mention communications I had had with the Russian Ambassador over the years because the question did not ask about them."