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Let's not remove the end of that quote so quickly: "Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Trump's campaign conspired with Russia

Let's not remove the end of that quote so quickly: "Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Trump's campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election, according to a summary of findings submitted to Congress by Attorney General William Barr." I think Attorney General William Barr did not correctly summarize the findings of the Mueller report, and was acting to drive an incorrect narrative. Given that, I think it's entirely appropriate to also look at the Republican-controlled Senate report that the OP linked, which says it did.

throwaway56098 6y ago
>Given that, I think it's entirely appropriate to also look at the Republican-controlled Senate report that the OP linked, which says it did. Wrong, it said it did not find collision. Here's the summary from the lead on the US Senate Special Committee on Intelligence: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=15CD9A7F-66B5-4700-9545-6974E593EA32 https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases... “We can say, without any hesitation, that the Committee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election."
- VikingCoder 6y ago
  More fuel for the fire: https://www.lawfareblog.com/republican-senators-misrepresent-their-own-russia-report https://www.lawfareblog.com/republican-senators-misrepresent... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/19/marco-rubios-curious-summary-his-committees-russia-report/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/19/marco-rub...
- ModernMech 6y ago
  Rubio says this, but that doesn’t comport with the contents of the report. Trump’s Campaign manager giving internal campaign data, to a man who the Senate Intel Committee characterizes as a “Russian intel Agent”. and then lying about it to the American people and the FBI is clearly evidence of collusion. For Rubio to make this statement, he needs to explain this finding of his committee.

throwaway56098 6y ago

>Given that, I think it's entirely appropriate to also look at the Republican-controlled Senate report that the OP linked, which says it did. Wrong, it said it did not find collision. Here's the summary from the lead on the US Senate Special Committee on Intelligence: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=15CD9A7F-66B5-4700-9545-6974E593EA32 https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases... “We can say, without any hesitation, that the Committee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election."

VikingCoder 6y ago
More fuel for the fire: https://www.lawfareblog.com/republican-senators-misrepresent-their-own-russia-report https://www.lawfareblog.com/republican-senators-misrepresent... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/19/marco-rubios-curious-summary-his-committees-russia-report/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/19/marco-rub...
ModernMech 6y ago
Rubio says this, but that doesn’t comport with the contents of the report. Trump’s Campaign manager giving internal campaign data, to a man who the Senate Intel Committee characterizes as a “Russian intel Agent”. and then lying about it to the American people and the FBI is clearly evidence of collusion. For Rubio to make this statement, he needs to explain this finding of his committee.