With former FBI director James Comey reportedly set to offer public testimony before Congress next week, the Russia scandal plaguing the Trump administration continued on Thursday with Attorney General Jeff Sessions facing new questions about his truthfulness on the matter.

On three separate occasions, according to letters made public earlier in the day, Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called on the FBI to investigate Sessions for “possible perjury” related to his failure to disclose meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during his confirmation hearing in January.

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In a letter dated March 20, which Leahy posted on Twitter Thursday morning, the senators noted that they were “disturbed that the Attorney General has not been forthcoming about his contacts with the Russian ambassador since he was forced to disclose the two meetings following press reports.”

“We are concerned about Attorney General Sessions’ lack of candor to the committee and his failure thus far to accept responsibility for testimony that could be construed as perjury,” the senators added.

“If it is determined that the Attorney General still has not been truthful with Congress and the American people about his contacts with Russian officials during the campaign, he needs to resign.”
—Sens. Al Franken and Patrick Leahy

The three letters—dated March 20, April 28, and May 12—were released by Franken and Leahy following a CNN report on Wednesday indicating that congressional investigators are looking into the possibility that Sessions had a third meeting with Kislyak.