On the recordMarch 28, 2019
Reclaiming my time, there are a number of items that need to be addressed in what the gentleman just said. First of all, to claim that there was any collusion as you said, ``on behalf of the President of the United States with Russia'' goes in complete contradiction to the findings that were delivered to us by the Attorney General of the United States, and I am going to read it one more time. As we noted above, the special counsel did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with the Russian Government. Anyone who would make a claim to the contrary is either being irresponsible or ought to show the evidence. If there is evidence that the chairman of the Intelligence Committee has, and let's be clear, he has tweeted things out, here is what we know. This is from Chairman Schiff. In 2017, here is what we know: The Russians offered help. The campaign accepted help. The Russians gave help. The President made full use of that help. He has claimed, again, that he has more than circumstantial evidence that there was collusion.…
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