Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that he did not exaggerate President-elect Donald Trump's collusion with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
Host Jake Tapper said, “I'm looking at these candidates. Tulsi Gabbard could be the director of national intelligence, maybe Kash Patel could be the FBI director.” . Mr. Gates at the Department of Justice, Mr. RFK Jr. at the Department of Health, and obviously he's bringing in a group of disruptive people. I mean, that's what Chairman Johnson said. I wonder how much introspection there is in Washington, if not necessarily people like this, about why these disruptors are being given this opening. I think so. In their view, you were in a position of power during the Trump era as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, where you said there was evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. It is said that he abused that trust. Do you feel at all introspective about it? That's an exaggeration, according to you, according to the Mueller report, and according to your Republican colleagues. So you think you helped set up these destroyers in some way? ”
Schiff said: “First of all, this was not an exaggeration. There is evidence of collusion. To give one example, the head of the Trump campaign met with Russian intelligence and provided internal polling data. Mueller The report reveals all this.”
Tapper wrote, “The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign colluded or cooperated with the Russian government's election interference activities,'' but that does not mean they were unaware that such activities occurred. That doesn't mean it was.” meeting. ”
“That's what he says, too. He says the fact that we didn't find evidence beyond a reasonable doubt doesn't mean there wasn't evidence of conspiracy or coordination,” Schiff said.
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