Our state’s Democratic and Republican U.S. senators and its Republican 6th Congressional District representative were more or less in synch with members of their respective caucuses regarding allegations Trump administration Attorney General Jeff Sessions had discussed the presidential campaign with Russian officials prior to last November’s election. Gardner showed the most caution when it came to calls for Sessions to step aside from investigations into the Trump administration’s Russia ties.

Here’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, in a press statement released by his office:

“Jeff Sessions should recuse himself and appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 election and connections to the Trump campaign. The relevant congressional committees should also include the Attorney General’s communications within the scope of their investigations. The integrity of our democratic institutions is at stake, and the American people deserve the truth.”

The press release notes the senator has cosponsored legislation calling for an independent, nonpartisan commission to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

And here is the 6th CD’s U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, of Aurora,  aligning with some prominent House Republicans who also are calling on Sessions to recuse himself. From a press statement issued by Coffman’s team:

“Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a grave omission by not disclosing his meetings with the Russian Ambassador last year, including to the Senate during his confirmation hearing. I think it would be more than prudent for him to recuse himself from any Russian inquiry, and I would encourage him to fully disclose any and all foreign contacts he had during the course of the campaign. The American people and their representatives in Congress must have the reassurance such inquiry is done in an appropriate and unbiased manner.”

Meanwhile, Colorado’s Republican junior Sen. Cory Gardner is taking more of a wait-until-the-facts-are-in approach and held off of a call for a recusal by Sessions. The senator told National Public Radio’s Rachel Martin this morning:

I think we need to understand what, exactly, happened, and I hope Senator Sessions, Attorney General Sessions, will come forward and outline exactly what the conversation was, talk about the substance of the meeting and help us understand why it wasn’t brought up before the committee. There could be a reason this was not connected to the campaign, but there are questions on whether it was. So let’s have full and open transparency and get to the bottom of it.

Sessions himself, when asked about recusal, told NBC News:

“I have said whenever it’s appropriate, I will recuse myself…There’s no doubt about that.”