Article snippet: Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday afternoon in an open session, the committee announced Monday. Over the weekend, Sessions asked to appear before the Intelligence Committee instead of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, where he was expected to appear to discuss Department of Justice funding. In letters to the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies — before which Sessions was originally scheduled to appear Tuesday — he wrote of the necessity to change his schedule after former FBI Director James Comey's hearing last week and an invitation to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee. "In light of reports regarding Mr. Comey's recent testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, it is important that I have an opportunity to address these matters in the appropriate forum," wrote Sessions. "The Senate Intelligence Committee is the most appropriate forum for such matters, as it has been conducting an investigation and has access to relevant, classified information." Senators had been pushing for Sessions to appear publicly to answer questions about his contacts with Russian officials during the campaign. Lawmakers on the appropriations committees indicated interest in questioning Sessions on Russian meddling in last year's Department of Justice's budget, as was scheduled, leading to the decis... Link to the full article to read more