He should UNrecuse himself immediately. He did nothing wrong. Attending receptions is not an illegal act. And he didn't lie to Congress. He was not ASKED by Al Frankfurter about HIS contacts with "russians". The question was more nuanced and general about the ENTIRE campaign staff.
Especially considering what his PREDECESSOR did in talking about non-existent grandchildren with BillyJeff the night before Hillary's FBI interrogation and her leaning on Comey not to call an investigation an investigation. You got NOTHING but venomous, time-wasting putrid partisan anger..
He didn't just meet the Russians once. He met them twice including once in private. He was asked if anyone as a member of Trump's team, which Sessions was, had met with the Russians and he said no. If he did nothing wrong he should have said that he met the Russians twice, and what they were about.
OMG -- did they close the door and kiss or something? He's a SR SENATOR at the time. He's ALLOWED to do that.
OTH -- Podesta was the hired PR gun for THOUSANDS of high-rolling Russians who expected HIM as their lobby to get them the sweetest deals possible. THOUSANDS ----- thru SberBank. Which OWNS 30% of Russia. And the the numbers include Kremlin officials, PUTIN, and the top level of oligarchs and Russian Mafioso that RUN most of the big biz in Russia.
How much of THAT was "behind closed doors" during the time he was the CLINTON CAMPAIGN MGR? When does THAT investigation start? And how much INFLUENCE did he BUY them in Washington??