In an interview with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on State of the Union on Wednesday, Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA) was asked whether he had reflected on the numerous Russia investigations, including the Mueller special counsel probe, and whether they may have influenced President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s decision to appoint \u201cdisrupters\u201d to his second Cabinet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking at these nominees: Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence, possibly Kash Patel to be head of the FBI, Gaetz at DOJ, RFK Jr. at HHS, and others. And, obviously, he is bringing a group of people to disrupt. I mean, that is what [House] Speaker [Mike] Johnson said,\u201d Tapper began, though former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom Trump nominated to be his attorney general, took his name out of contention on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019m wondering about how much anybody in Washington is being introspective at all about why there is this kind of opening for disrupters if not necessarily these individuals,\u201d Tapper continued. \u201cYou were censured in the House last year for, in their view, holding positions of power during the Trump presidency as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and, according to them \u2014 quote \u2014 \u2018abusing this trust\u2019 by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump\u2019s campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I wonder if you are feeling at all introspective at all about \u2014 that was, according to your \u2014 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 disrupters?\u201d Tapper asked.<\/p>\n
Schiff proceeded to triple down on his false claims that Trump and Russia \u2018colluded\u2019 to steal the 2016 election.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, first of all, it wasn\u2019t an overstatement. There 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 Schiff said.<\/p>\n
Tapper interjected: \u201cIt does say \u2014 quote \u2014 \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 \u2014 that there weren\u2019t meetings, but they didn\u2019t find evidence of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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