Jeff Sessions: “I appreciate both of you and your thoughts on the 2-year budget.”

What he decides to do over at the Justice Department will be independent of political considerations over at the White House.

Do you believe that you would come under political pressure from leading Democrats on this committee who want you to arrest 500 more people?

I'm not going to unrecuse myself because I have a conflict, because I did--was involved in the campaign and knew some things, can't do it.

I believe that we are involved in a crisis in this country. We have been through one. I think January 6 was a very difficult time and a crisis.