Senate has uncovered no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia.
WASHINGTON — After two years and 200 interviews, the Senate Intelligence Committee is approaching the end of its investigationinto the 2016 election, having uncovered no direct evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to both Democrats and Republicans on the committee.
But investigators disagree along party lines when it comes to the implications of a pattern of contacts they have documented betweenTrump associates and Russians — contacts that occurred before, during and after Russian intelligence operatives were seeking to help Donald Trump by leaking hacked Democratic emails and attacking his opponent, Hillary Clinton, on social media.
“If we write a report based upon the facts that we have, then we don’t have anything that would suggest there was collusion by the Trump campaign and Russia,” said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in an interview with CBS News last week.
Burr was careful to note that more facts may yet be uncovered, but he also made clear that the investigation was nearing an end.
“We know we’re getting to the bottom of the barrel because there’re not new questions that we’re searching for answers to,” Burr said.
Warner told reporters in the Capitol Tuesday that he disagrees with the way Burr characterized the evidence about collusion, but he declined to offer his own assessment.
“I’m not going to get into any conclusions I have,” he said, before adding that “there’s never been a campaign in American history … that people affiliated with the campaign had as many ties with Russia as the Trump campaign did.”
Democratic Senate investigators who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity did not dispute Burr’s characterizations, but said they lacked context.
“We were never going to find a contract signed in blood saying, ‘Hey Vlad, we’re going to collude,'” one Democratic aide said.
It’s obvious they haven’t looked long enough. They need to extend the investigation at least another ten years.
Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
The taxpayer will never find out just how much money they urinated down the drain on this wild goose chase so far either. No doubt its far from over. Washington waste.
“We were never going to find a contract signed in blood saying, ‘Hey Vlad, we’re going to collude,’” one Democratic aide said.
And yet, Judicialwatch uncovered emails between the FBI and Clinton’s lawyer for a quid pro quo to retroactively classify all of Weiners illegal Classified laptop emails as Not Classified and then Schiff meeting with Fusion GPS off the record while overseeing this investigation.
But, no, there was no shit, blood or semen stained contract between the FBI, Clinton or the Democrats in Congress to frame Trump while ignoring Clinton’s treason to “pass the mid-term” and be rewarded under a Hillary administration.
“I’m not going to get into any conclusions I have,” he said, before adding that “there’s never been a campaign in American history … that people affiliated with the campaign had as many ties with Russia as the Trump campaign did.”
Well, except for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, that is. Since she paid for the phony info and set up meetings.
Idiot.
Mueller has turned every rock over so many times they are now worn down to pebbles & still coudn’t find any collusion.
Democrats are still concerned that the Russians may have disclosed Hillary’s illegal activities.
It will be interesting to read Mueller’s final report when he concluded the investigation.
If it is made public.
Welcome to 2016! 🙄