California Democrat Senator-elect Adam Schiff is doubling down on his false, unfounded claims of Trump-Russian collusion years later.<\/p>\n
In an appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d host Jake Tapper questioned Schiff regarding President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s recent cabinet picks, which included Florida Representative Matt Gaetz and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I wonder if you are feeling at all, introspective at all, about that was, according to the Mueller report and according to your Republican colleagues, an overstatement? And I wonder if you think, in any way, you helped set the table for these disruptors?\u201d Tapper asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, it wasn\u2019t an overstatement,\u201d Schiff answered. \u201cThere is evidence of collusion. The Trump campaign manager was meeting with Russian intelligence and giving them internal polling data, just to give you one example. And the Mueller report sets all this out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does say, \u2018The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,\u2019 which doesn\u2019t mean that he didn\u2019t, that there weren\u2019t meetings, but they didn\u2019t find evidence of it,\u201d Tapper followed up.<\/p>\n
Schiff said, \u201cMueller says that, too. He says, \u2018The fact that we didn\u2019t find proof beyond a reasonable doubt doesn\u2019t mean there wasn\u2019t evidence of conspiracy or coordination.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives censured Schiff in 2023 in a party-line vote for his repeated allegations that Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign conspired with Russia to gain the presidency. Earlier that year, he was also dismissed from the House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n
His allegations were based on the notorious Steele dossier, which said that the Kremlin possessed blackmail information against Trump and that Trump\u2019s team had conspired with Russia.<\/p>\n
In his report, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded in 2019 that there was no proof of Trump\u2019s collusion with Russia.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Special Counsel John Durham accused Russian analyst Ivan Danchenko, who was thought to be the main subsource for the Steele dossier, of lying to the FBI, further undermining the dossier\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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