The White House is trying to rush the Russia probes. We can't let that happen. - By Adam B. Schiff
By Adam B. Schiff October 13 at 7:55 PM
Adam B. Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, represents California’s 28th District.
In 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin directed an active-measures campaign of unprecedented scale against the United States. His object was to sow discord among Americans and influence the outcome of the presidential election. The Kremlin’s multipronged influence operation was not targeted at the United States alone but was part of a global attack on liberal democracy.
Over the past nine months, the House Intelligence Committee has learned a great deal about the scope of these Russian efforts. Like our Senate counterparts, we have found ample evidence to support and build upon the intelligence community’s January assessment that Russia was responsible for hacking our democratic institutions and dumping stolen data in an effort to turn Americans against one another, harm Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump.
Indeed, the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia used its paid media outlets, as well as technology firms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and potentially others as a part of this effort has been borne out by the ever-increasing identification of Russian advertisements, promoted tweets, fake news and fake accounts designed to covertly move public opinion and stoke division.
Notwithstanding the real progress we have made, the committee has far more work to do to fully understand the extent of Russian interference and to investigate the politically fraught issue of whether individuals associated with the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians. Although we are not at liberty to disclose evidence produced before the committee, certain significant matters have already been shared publicly, such as when Donald Trump Jr. revealed emails offering dirt on Clinton from Moscow to the Trump campaign as part of what was described as the Russian government’s effort to help Donald Trump. In the email chain, the president’s son expressed an eagerness to accept this help, and much more remains to be learned about this interaction with Russian interlocutors and others.
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He supposedly RECUSED himself but that was all bullshit and a lie.
Paul Ryan is in control of ALL of this. He's the one that made Nunes the Chairman. Nunes doesn't take a pee without Ryan's blessing or approval.
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