The special counsel’s team is also examining Trump’s Russia-friendly policy positions during the campaign and trying to determine whether Trump associate Roger Stone may have coordinated the information release with WikiLeaks.NBC News reports that Moscow attempted to influence the 2016 election to help Donald Trump's candidacy by hacking the Democratic Party's email systems, but the president told a crown in Poland that "nobody really knows for sure" if it wasjustRussia behind the hacks. As theChicago Tribunereported him to remain in his role. They expressed concern that, if Sessions is replaced with a new Trump hire, that Attorney General could take control of the investigation from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (who is only in charge because of Sessions’s recusal) and potentially influence it per Trump’s requests. “There was a time earlier in his tenure that I called him on to resign,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said, according to CNN. “At this point, I would have to determine the consequences knowing the president may be trying to obstruct justice.” Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort surrendered to federal authorities on Monday, October 30, as a result of charges filed against him in the special counsel investigation into potential collusion between the presidential campaign and Russia.According to theNew York Times