The House Intelligence Committee chairman has continued to claim there is evidence that members of the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government, despite Attorney General William Barr saying Robert Mueller concluded otherwise.
Since Attorney General William Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report concluded the Trump campaign did not collude with the Russian government, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has been under fire from Republicans for continuing to say there is evidence of collusion.
Schiff blasted his Republican colleagues, saying they might think it’s acceptable that “the Russians offered dirt on the Democratic candidate for president as part of what was described as the Russian government’s effort to help the Trump campaign.” He then questioned the role Trump's eldest son may have played in that effort: “when that was offered to the son of the president, who had a pivotal role in the campaign...
"You might say that's all okay. You might say that's just what you need to do to win, but I don't think it's okay," Schiff continued. "I think it's immoral, I think it's unethical, I think it's unpatriotic, and yes, I think it's corrupt and evidence of collusion." GOP members on the committee, as well as rank-and-file Republicans and the president, have demanded Schiff resign for continuing to say there is evidence of collusion. In a letter to Schiff on Thursday, all nine Republicans on the committee officially called for his resignation.
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