New York Times: Republicans on House Intelligence Panel Absolve Trump Campaign in Russian Meddling
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee found no evidence during a monthslong investigation that the Trump campaign aided Russia’s election meddling, the lawmakers concluded in a 250-page report released on Friday that assails President Trump’s political rivals and criticizes the F.B.I. and the intelligence community for their responses to Moscow’s interference.
But in a dissenting document, Democrats on the committee accused the Republicans of prematurely closing the investigation out of a desire to protect Mr. Trump and asserted that eagerness by Trump campaign associates to accept offers of Russian assistance suggest “a consciousness of wrongfulness, if not illegality.”
The strikingly divergent conclusions closed a chapter for a congressional committee that, while charged with oversight of American spy agencies, has fractured into warring factions that often seemed to see the advancement of political agendas as their primary mission.
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Update #1: House Republicans release full report on Russia investigation, find 'no evidence' of Trump-Russia collusion (ABC News)
Update #2: Trump hails House Intelligence Committee report on Russia (Politico)
WNU Editor: The report is here .... Report on Russian Active Measures. No surprises in this report except one, and that it was former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper who gave CNN the Russian dossier while telling former FBI Director Comey to tell President Trump that CNN has the dossier in its possession (this is on page 107 of the report). More here .... House Intelligence Committee report accuses James Clapper of 'inconsistent' testimony on the Steele dossier (Business Insider). On a side note .... former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper now works for CNN.
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