In 150-Page Report, House Intel Republicans Find No Evidence Of Collusion
CHUCK ROSS
Reporter
6:54 PM 03/12/2018

Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have completed a 150-page report
Lawmakers assert there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government
The report will also detail how the infamous Steele dossier "made its way from Russian sources to the Clinton campaign"
Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have completed a 150-page report that asserts there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.

The report will also make a more surprising claim: that Russian President Vladimir Putin's meddling in the 2016 campaign was not aimed at helping President Donald Trump defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

That assertion is at odds with a Jan. 6, 2017, assessment issued by the intelligence community about Russian meddling in the election.

Also WATCH: Bombshell Report Claims Obama Didn't Want To Take Action Against Russia In 2016

The committee announced the release of the report on Monday, 426 days after the panel started its investigation into Russian interference in the election. Seventy-three interviews have been conducted in that time span, and more than 300,000 documents have been reviewed, according to committee Republicans. (RELATED: House Intel Panel Is Done Interviewing Witnesses)

"We have found no evidence of collusion, coordination, or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians," reads an overview of the report, which the committee released Monday.

The overview also says that the report will show "concurrence" with a Jan. 6, 2017, intelligence community assessment, but with one caveat: The report will diverge from the intelligence community's assessment "with respect to Putin's supposed preference for candidate Trump."

The report will also detail how the infamous Steele dossier "made its way from Russian sources to the Clinton campaign" as well as "problematic contacts" between senior intelligence community officials and the media.

The report also analyzes Russian active measures, the U.S. government response to the attacks, links between Russians and both the Trump and Clinton campaigns, and "purported leaks" of classified information.

It includes findings regarding Russia's pattern of cyber attacks on the U.S. and European countries as well as the Kremlin's "use of social media to sow discord."

The report will also take a shot at former President Barack Obama's administration by assessing the government's "lacklustre pre-election response to Russian active measures."

"After more than a year, the Committee has finished its Russia investigation and will now work on completing our report," reads a statement from California Rep. Devin Nunes, a Republican and chairman of the House panel.

He thanked South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy, Florida Rep. Tom Rooney and Texas Rep. Mike Conaway, all Republicans, for "the excellent job they've done leading this investigation."

The report will include more than 25 recommendations to improve election security, campaign finance transparency, and "counterintelligence practices related to political campaigns and unauthorized disclosures."

The report will be provided to House Intel Democrats on Tuesday. After a review, a vote will be held to submit the report for a declassification review by the U.S. intelligence community.

After the review, the declassified version of the report will be made public.

House Intel Democrats are also expected to produce a report of their own. The report will call for more subpoenas to be issued to complete the investigation, CNN reported earlier on Monday.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/12/house-intel-no-collusion/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push

It was all hogwash propaganda by loser Democratic party that refuse to accept that Trump beat them fair and square

Where's that idiot, LucasBalo who was chatting trash about this issue. When are you going to impeach Trump, you bumbling imbecîle?

Lucasbalo will be in tears now......

Chrisbeks:


It was all hogwash propaganda by loser Democratic party that refuse to accept that Trump beat them fair and square

I don't blame them, they (Democrats) need all the straws they can grasp. They are just being sore losers.

>Republican led committe
>head of said committe was a member of trump's transition team
>pretty much all witnesses refused to answer questions
>zero relevant subpoena issued
> several fellow republicans from said committe disagreed with it conclusion.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/house-intel-rep-tom-rooney-russia-investigation-erin-burnett-outfront-cnntv/index.html
https://www.mediaite.com/online/trey-gowdy-splits-with-gops-house-intel-findings-russia-wanted-hillary-to-lose/


>posts an article from the daily caller, a known right wing/white nationalist site with zero credibility
>expects to be taken seriously


OP will not kill me with laughter today. ���

JUHABACH:
>Republican led committe
>head of said committe was a member of trump's transition team
>pretty much all witnesses refused to answer questions
>zero relevant subpoena issued
> several fellow republicans from said committe disagreed with it conclusion.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/house-intel-rep-tom-rooney-russia-investigation-erin-burnett-outfront-cnntv/index.html
https://www.mediaite.com/online/trey-gowdy-splits-with-gops-house-intel-findings-russia-wanted-hillary-to-lose/


>posts an article from the daily caller, a known right wing/white nationalist site with zero credibility
>expects to be taken seriously


OP will not kill me with laughter today. ���

False. Even Rep. Adam Schiff (Democrat) has said they have not seen any evidence of collusion. Same with senate intel committee.

9inches:


False. Even Rep. Adam Schiff (Democrat) has said they have not seen any evidence of collusion. Same with senate intel committee.

nigga, no one said anything about collusion.
the house intelligence committee investigation was a farce. witnesses consistently refused to answer questions and were never subpoenaed, none of trump's finances were subpoenaed (and given that his son publicly boasted about receiving money from the Russians, one would think that his finances would be one of the first points of call). heck none of the witnesses indicted by mueller were called forward to testify.
and to add insult to injury, the committee concluded, against the u.s. and other allies intelligence apparatus, it's own republican members (specifically trey gowdy) and common sense that Russia wasn't trying to help Donald Trump win after it had been previously established by the Senate committe and even trump's justice dept that the exact opposite was true.


also the head of the committee is literally trump's house boy and was even a member of his transition team. to put it in Nigerian terms, that's like asking ameachi to investigate corruption allegations against buhari.

9inches:


False. Even Rep. Adam Schiff (Democrat) has said they have not seen any evidence of collusion. Same with senate intel committee.

You people and fake news, you are like 5&6.

I can certainly say with confidence that there is significant evidence of collusion between the campaign and Russia. Schiff said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adam-schiff-there-is-still-significant-evidence-of-collusion/

[quote author=LordReed post=65841909]

You people and fake news, you are like 5&6.

I can certainly say with confidence that there is significant evidence of collusion between the campaign and Russia. Schiff said.

"What I cannot say – because I don't know what Bob Mueller knows – is whether that evidence rises to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt of conspiracy to violate U.S. election laws," Schiff said.

Tell me you did not intentionally omit that one.

JUHABACH:


nigga, no one said anything about collusion.
the house intelligence committee investigation was a farce. witnesses consistently refused to answer questions and were never subpoenaed, none of trump's finances were subpoenaed (and given that his son publicly boasted about receiving money from the Russians, one would think that his finances would be one of the first points of call). heck none of the witnesses indicted by mueller were called forward to testify.
and to add insult to injury, the committee concluded, against the u.s. and other allies intelligence apparatus, it's own republican members (specifically trey gowdy) and common sense that Russia wasn't trying to help Donald Trump win after it had been previously established by the Senate committe and even trump's justice dept that the exact opposite was true.


also the head of the committee is literally trump's house boy and was even a member of his transition team. to put it in Nigerian terms, that's like asking ameachi to investigate corruption allegations against buhari.

Trump does not hide the fact that he's done business with Russians. He has sold property to a Russian, that's not a secret. The whole investigation is bordered primarily on the allegation that Trump colluded with Russia to help him win election. That allegation so far has not been proven to be true. You think if they really found substantiated evidence of collusion, CNN would still be covering Stormy Daniels. Mueller's indictment of Manafort and co has nothing to do with collusion. It's either for financial crime or for lying.

Nunes is a Trump buddy but he cannot single-handedly investigate or write reports on investigations.

9inches:


Trump does not hide the fact that he's done business with Russians. He has sold property to a Russian, that's not a secret. The whole investigation is bordered primarily on the allegation that Trump colluded with Russia to help him win election. That allegation so far has not been proven to be true. You think if they really found substantiated evidence of collusion, CNN would still be covering Stormy Daniels. Mueller's indictment of Manafort and co has nothing to do with collusion. It's either for financial crime or for lying.

Nunes is a Trump buddy but he cannot single-handedly investigate or write reports on investigations.

Except trump denied having any financial links with russia while refusing to release his finances or the tax returns he promised to release during the campaign. not to
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/trump-denies-any-links-to-russia-no-loans-no-nothing.html

yes, collusion hasn't been proven but the investigation was far from competently done. what kind of investigation comes to a conclusion after witnesses refused to answer questions put to them.


those indicted trump campaign officials even without the indictments were within the trump inner circle. one would think they would be considered key witnesses in a collusion investigation. they were indicted as Mueller sees them as persons of interest in his investigation.

emmm... you obviously don't realise how much power the chairmen of special committees hold in the u.s. they can single handled frustrate investigations as subpoena to get documents or compell witnesses to testify can't be issued without their approval. they can also end the investigation at anytime and the final report is again subject to their approval.
even republicans within the committee are skeptical about its conclusion

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/house-intelligence-republicans-russia-probe-465805

that says a lot.

9inches:
"What I cannot say – because I don't know what Bob Mueller knows – is whether that evidence rises to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt of conspiracy to violate U.S. election laws," Schiff said.

Tell me you did not intentionally omit that one.

I did because that is not what is being discussed. You said Schiff said he has not seen evidence not whether what he has seen will satisfy Mueller's conditions. Do not attempt to conflate the 2 because that will just be disigneous and deceptive.

9inches:


Trump does not hide the fact that he's done business with Russians. He has sold property to a Russian, that's not a secret. The whole investigation is bordered primarily on the allegation that Trump colluded with Russia to help him win election. That allegation so far has not been proven to be true. You think if they really found substantiated evidence of collusion, CNN would still be covering Stormy Daniels. Mueller's indictment of Manafort and co has nothing to do with collusion. It's either for financial crime or for lying.

Nunes is a Trump buddy but he cannot single-handedly investigate or write reports on investigations.

Again this is not true. Trump has repeatedly said he's had nothing to do with Russians, there are videos of him saying it. Stormy Daniels is an issue because it shows the pattern of Trump's attempts to cover up dirty deeds, not even forgetting that he may have violated campaign laws by the payment that was made.

Jokerman:
Lucasbalo will be in tears now......

Poverty stricken fool living a subhuman life in a poo hole according to the racist fooool Tramp you worship.

Timbuktuo:
Where's that idiot, LucasBalo who was chatting trash about this issue. When are you going to impeach Trump, you bumbling imbecîle?

Oshodi garage tout. I just left Pretoria for Nigeria yesterday enroute to Chicago in about a week and looking at Nairaland seeing you are worried about me while your worthless life is going into the sewage. Of what concern is a poverty ridden skunk like you to America?. Your worthless tramp will be disgraced out of that exalted office. Meanwhile enjoy your poverty ridden life while your contemporaries are stepping up their game.

JUHABACH:


Except trump denied having any financial links with russia while refusing to release his finances or the tax returns he promised to release during the campaign. not to
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/trump-denies-any-links-to-russia-no-loans-no-nothing.html

yes, collusion hasn't been proven but the investigation was far from competently done. what kind of investigation comes to a conclusion after witnesses refused to answer questions put to them.


those indicted trump campaign officials even without the indictments were within the trump inner circle. one would think they would be considered key witnesses in a collusion investigation. they were indicted as Mueller sees them as persons of interest in his investigation.

emmm... you obviously don't realise how much power the chairmen of special committees hold in the u.s. they can single handled frustrate investigations as subpoena to get documents or compell witnesses to testify can't be issued without their approval. they can also end the investigation at anytime and the final report is again subject to their approval.
even republicans within the committee are skeptical about its conclusion

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/house-intelligence-republicans-russia-probe-465805

that says a lot.

Dealing with Russia is different from dealing with Russian individuals. "I have had dealings over the years where I sold a house to a very wealthy Russian many years ago. I had the Miss Universe pageant — which I owned for quite a while — I had it in Moscow a long time ago. But other than that, I have nothing to do with Russia," Trump said. Trump specifically said he has no investments or loans in or from Russia, and that's the key area. It's public knowledge that he had Trump SoHo financed in some way by either Russian or ex Soviet Union individuals in the past about the period Don Jr made that remark. Trump also has since the 80's trying to break into the Russian Market but clearly wasn't successful to this day.

The area of interest for a collusion case is whether he currently had any underhand dealings that might make him susceptible to blackmail. That is different from actual collusion. For a collusion to be proven, he had to willfully conspire with intent to interfere with the election process.

If he didn't release his tax returns because he defaulted in his tax payment or he has laundered money in some way in the past, that's a different story altogether and has nothing to do with Russia Collusion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJh0GbxIlAM

LordReed:


I did because that is not what is being discussed. You said Schiff said he has not seen evidence not whether what he has seen will satisfy Mueller's conditions. Do not attempt to conflate the 2 because that will just be disigneous and deceptive.

In an interview Schiff admitted the there's no evidence apart from the one already in public like the Trump Tower meeting. Again, in a separate interview, he said what he wants to investigate is whether the leverage Russians may have had on Trump. Don't forget, the Russian lawyer involved in the Trump Tower meeting also met with Fusion GPS before and also after the Trump Tower meeting. So it was clear Democrats were on a wild goose chase just to get Trump and cover their own collusion involving the Hillary Clinton, DNC, State House, White House (possibly), FBI, DOJ, Fusion GPS, British spy and Russia.

9inches:


Dealing with Russia is different from dealing with Russian individuals. "I have had dealings over the years where I sold a house to a very wealthy Russian many years ago. I had the Miss Universe pageant — which I owned for quite a while — I had it in Moscow a long time ago. But other than that, I have nothing to do with Russia," Trump said. Trump specifically said he has no investments or loans in or from Russia, and that's the key area. It's public knowledge that he had Trump SoHo financed in some way by either Russian or ex Soviet Union individuals in the past about the period Don Jr made that remark. Trump also has since the 80's trying to break into the Russian Market but clearly wasn't successful to this day.

The area of interest for a collusion case is whether he currently had any underhand dealings that might make him susceptible to blackmail. That is different from actual collusion. For a collusion to be proven, he had to willfully conspire with intent to interfere with the election process.

If he didn't release his tax returns because he defaulted in his tax payment or he has laundered money in some way in the past, that's a different story altogether and has nothing to do with Russia Collusion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJh0GbxIlAM

you are missing my point. I'm not saying there's actual proof of collusion, I m saying that the house intelligence committee investigation did come close to going far enough to reaching any definite conclusion

9inches:
In an interview Schiff admitted the there's no evidence apart from the one already in public like the Trump Tower meeting. Again, in a separate interview, he said what he wants to investigate is whether the leverage Russians may have had on Trump. Don't forget, the Russian lawyer involved in the Trump Tower meeting also met with Fusion GPS before and also after the Trump Tower meeting. So it was clear Democrats were on a wild goose chase just to get Trump and cover their own collusion involving the Hillary Clinton, DNC, State House, White House (possibly), FBI, DOJ, Fusion GPS, British spy and Russia.

Please link to this interview.

Republicans hounded Clinton for how many years with not even 1 indictment so what collusion are Democrats trying to cover? Republicans currently control both Houses so how are Democrats covering anything?

LordReed:


Again this is not true. Trump has repeatedly said he's had nothing to do with Russians, there are videos of him saying it. Stormy Daniels is an issue because it shows the pattern of Trump's attempts to cover up dirty deeds, not even forgetting that he may have violated campaign laws by the payment that was made.

@bolded, That's a lie. Note, "he's had" does not mean "he has." Also "Russians" does not mean "Russian."

You're talking about videos like this, right?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-9fJy0aHMI

JUHABACH:


you are missing my point. I'm not saying there's actual proof of collusion, I m saying that the house intelligence committee investigation did come close to going far enough to reaching any definite conclusion

Probably because the facts they were exploring weren't leading them to any real Trump-Russia collusion story. So, the Democrats went fishing sporadically; they had to be contained.

LordReed:


Please link to this interview.

Republicans hounded Clinton for how many years with not even 1 indictment so what collusion are Democrats trying to cover? Republicans currently control both Houses so how are Democrats covering anything?

I just searched youtube but can't find it. I watched the interviews live, one on MSNBC and I can't remember on which network I saw the other one.
After 73 interviews and over 300,000 documents, and they haven't found anything... It's better they left it for Mueller to figure out. Although mueller himself is on his own fishing expedition, we'll see how it all ends. Financial impropriety might come out but for a collusion with Russia to interfere with the election, the Democrats and Obama's admin are the real culprits.

9inches:
Probably because the facts they were exploring weren't leading them to any real Trump-Russia collusion story. So, the Democrats went fishing sporadically; they had to be contained.

which facts can be explored when witnesses refused to answer questions and no relevant docs were subpoenaed?

Edit: yeah... I think we are done here.
" but for a collusion with Russia to interfere with the election, the Democrats and Obama's admin are the real culprits"
smh. and here I thought I was having a conversation with a smart person.

9inches:


I just searched youtube but can't find it. I watched the interviews live, one on MSNBC and I can't remember on which network I saw the other one.
After 73 interviews and over 300,000 documents, and they haven't found anything... It's better they left it for Mueller to figure out. Although mueller himself is on his own fishing expedition, we'll see how it all ends. Financial impropriety might come out but for a collusion with Russia to interfere with the election, the Democrats and Obama's admin are the real culprits.

Please find this interview i am intrigued.

LoL when Obama expelled Russian diplomats were you asleep throughout that period? Well we'll see what Mueller finds out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWwVlU_M3A

After 18 months of investigation where is the evidence of collusion?

LordReed:


Please find this interview i am intrigued.

LoL when Obama expelled Russian diplomats were you asleep throughout that period? Well we'll see what Mueller finds out.

What does that mean? Trump-Russia Collusion?

JUHABACH:


which facts can be explored when witnesses refused to answer questions and no relevant docs were subpoenaed?

Edit: yeah... I think we are done here.
" but for a collusion with Russia to interfere with the election, the Democrats and Obama's admin are the real culprits"
smh. and here I thought I was having a conversation with a smart person.

@bolded, not true. That's a Democrats talking point. Hillary Clinton, DNC, Fusion GPS, Steele, FBI, DOJ all were responsible for the dossier that came from Russia. The dossier was bought and paid for, and then weaponized to harm Trump's Presidency. That's the real Russian collusion story.

9inches:

What does that mean? Trump-Russia Collusion?

You were the one saying "but for a collusion with Russia to interfere with the election, the Democrats and Obama's admin are the real culprits."
How is Obama's Admin the culprits when they responded? How are they the culprits when before the election Mitch MacConnell threatened to accuse them of partisanship if they made their findings public? If anything the Republican party has been very eager to make sure the truth of the matter never comes to light.

9inches:


@bolded, not true. That's a Democrats talking point. Hillary Clinton, DNC, Fusion GPS, Steele, FBI, DOJ all were responsible for the dossier that came from Russia. The dossier was bought and paid for, and then weaponized to harm Trump's Presidency. That's the real Russian collusion story.

Rubbish! The dossier was first sponsored by Republicans but when Trump won the candidacy they abandoned it.

LordReed:


You were the one saying "but for a collusion with Russia to interfere with the election, the Democrats and Obama's admin are the real culprits."
How is Obama's Admin the culprits when they responded? How are they the culprits when before the election Mitch MacConnell threatened to accuse them of partisanship if they made their findings public? If anything the Republican party has been very eager to make sure the truth of the matter never comes to light.

How many times time am I going to explain it? Please tell me how a political opposition research made its way from Russia, through the FBI to the FISC and unverified.

LordReed:


Rubbish! The dossier was first sponsored by Republicans but when Trump won the candidacy they abandoned it.

You're talking crap! The Washington Free Beacon paid research focused on Trump's business and entertainment activities only. The Free Beacon stopped funding research on Trump in May 2016, and none of the work product they received appeared in the Steele dossier. Fusion GPS hired a foreign entity, a private British intelligence firm co-owned by Steele to look into connections between Trump and Russia. He was hired between June and November 2016.