MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Washington Post reported Wednesday that US Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to Kislyak twice last year while he was a US senator and part of President Donald Trump's campaign. He denied any contacts with the Russians at his confirmation hearing in January.
"I cannot not refer to a quote spread in the media today: all this looks very much like a witch hunt. Or the days of McCarthyism, which we long thought have passed in the US as a civilized country," Lavrov said at a press conference with his Salvadoran counterpart.
Sessions said in a press conference Thursday that he discussed no details of President Donald Trump's campaign with Kislyak during their two meetings.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on March 2 that Moscow does not know of any meetings between Sessions and Kislyak and does not wish to interfere in the "emotionally-charged" scandal.
The CNN broadcaster cited anonymous US government officials as saying earlier Thursday that US intelligence views Kislyak as a "top spy" and "spy-recruiter." The Kremlin called for ignoring such allegations.
