The White House on Monday said that “nothing has changed” after FBI Director James Comey’s confirmed the bureau was investigating whether there was any “coordination” between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump during the campaign.
“Senior Obama intelligence officials have gone on record to confirm there is NO EVIDENCE of Trump-Russia collusion and there is NO EVIDENCE of a Trump-Russia scandal,” a White House official said in an email to TPM. “Obama’s CIA director said so. Obama’s Director of National Intelligence said so. We take them at their word.”
Former acting CIA chief Michael Morrell and former DNI James Clapper have both publicly stated that they saw no evidence of collusion between Trump staffers and Russia.
Yet as Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Monday, the FBI was looking into “any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government,” as well as into whether there was any “coordination” between them.
The White House has downplayed stories about business ties between Russian officials and Trump aides, including former campaign adviser Carter Page, campaign manager Paul Manafort, and Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
The President on Monday tweeted that the story was “FAKE NEWS” and that “the Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign.”
Teflon Donnie, nothing ever sticks…
Except DOJ / FBI prosecutions…
Sadly for Comrade and Company “campaign” and “individual” aren’t synonymous.
It’s a pity that the FBI wastes so much of its precious time investigating things like this. All they have to do is ask the White House whether there are any FSB agents on staff. When they’re told, “no,” they could move on to doing more useful things, like tracking down illegal aliens who voted.
Yeah, but no evidence there isn’t a Trump-Russia scandal. #TrumpRulesOfEvidence
Yeah, I heard about it on TV. There must be something to it. Something’s going on…