Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions Lie Under Oath?

From the New York Times:

On Wednesday, a Justice Department official confirmed that Mr. Sessions had two conversations with Ambassador Kislyak last year, when he was still a senator, despite testifying at his Jan. 10 confirmation hearing that he had no contact with the Russians. At that hearing, Mr. Sessions was asked what he would do if it turned out to be true that anyone affiliated with the Trump team had communicated with the Russian government in the course of the campaign. He said he was “not aware of any of those activities.”

“I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn’t have — did not have communications with the Russians, and I’m unable to comment on it,” Mr. Sessions said at the time.

However, Justice officials acknowledged that Mr. Sessions had spoken with Mr. Kislyak twice: once, among a group of ambassadors who approached him at a Heritage Foundation event during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July and, separately, in an office meeting on Sept. 8. The contacts were first reported by The Washington Post.

Sarah Isgur Flores, Mr. Sessions’s spokeswoman, said “there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer” because he did not communicate with the ambassador in his capacity as a Trump campaign surrogate.

Watch below the moment in question from Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing. It seems to me Sessions clearly denies any "communications with the Russians." I would think the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. would count among those contacts?

Here's the video of Sessions denying **under oath** that he had communications with the Russians. pic.twitter.com/YFxCgqjQo6

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) March 2, 2017

Elijah Cummings calls on Jeff Sessions to resign immediately pic.twitter.com/pkUCniKbUg

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 2, 2017

I have called, am calling, & will continue to call for an Independent Special counsel to investigate possible collision with the Russians. https://t.co/j6Nb4HzFEF

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) March 2, 2017

Flat-out denial to @alfranken by Sessions that he "had communications with the Russians." He lied. https://t.co/mY34KdqpZN

— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) March 2, 2017

The Sessions mtgs seem odd. I've been a member of Armed Services, Foreign Affairs & Intelligence Cmtes yet never met the Russian Ambassador.

— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) March 2, 2017

"I did not have communications with the Russians..." https://t.co/FQc3cYzIID

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) March 2, 2017

AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself

— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) March 2, 2017

AG Sessions is not fit to serve as the top law enforcement officer of our country and must resign. https://t.co/5r8KpGQSRT pic.twitter.com/vKSVuvTIf3

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 2, 2017