Attorney General Jeff Sessions will submit amended testimony and respond to senators` questions over his contacts with Russia`s ambassador last year, a Justice Department spokesman said Friday.
The Democratic senators said in the joint letter to Grassley that they welcomed the recusal, "but it leaves many significant questions unanswered.
"In light of the letter received from Senators late this afternoon, the Attorney General will respond to their questions along with his amended testimony on Monday," Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said in a statement.
Sessions is under fire for not disclosing during his confirmation hearing that he met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Related: Sessions Recuses Himself From Trump Campaign-Related InvestigationsNews of the meetings drew fire from critics who said Sessions had misled the Judiciary Committee in his January confirmation hearings.
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