Thank you, mr. Chairman. Welcome, everyone, to the last gasp of the russia collusion Conspiracy Theory. As democrats continue to voice this expect tackle on the American People as well as you, mr. Mueller, the American People may recall the media first began spreading this Conspiracy Theory in the spring of 2016 when fusion gps, funded by the dnc and the Hillary Clinton campaign started developing the Steele Dossier, a question of outlandish accusations that trump and his associates were russian agents. Fusion gps, steele and other confederates fed these theorys to naive reporters and top officials in numerous government agencies, including the fbi, Department Of Justice and the State Department. Among other things, the fbi used Dossier Allegations to obtain a
warranty to spy on the Trump Campaign. Despite acknowledging Dossier Allegations as being salacious and unverified, former fbi director james comey briefed those allegations to President Obama and president elect trump. Those bri
i m basing this on. can you repeat it. ? the investigation found no documentary evidence that george papadopoulos told anyone affiliated with the trump campaign about joseph misfit s claims that the russians had dirt on candidate clinton. if it appears in the report, it s accurate. in the report it says no documentary evidence that papadopoulos shared this information with the campaign. it s inaccurate to conclude that by the time of the june 9, 2016 tower meeting, the campaign was likely already on notice via george papadopoulos s contact that russia in fact had damaging information on trump s opponent. would you say that that is an inaccurate to say it s likely already i direct you to the report. i appreciate that, the
information wasn t enough. mr. manafort went so far as to offer this russian oligarch tied to putin a private briefing on the campaign. is that right, sir? yes, sir. and, finally, mr. manafort also discussed internal campaign strategy on four battleground states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and minnesota. the russian intelligence linked individual. did he not, sir? that s reflected in the report, as were the items you listed previously. director mueller, based on your decades of years of experience at the fbi, would you agree, sir, it creates a national security risk when a presidential campaign sharm shares private polling information on the american people? private political strategy related to winning the votes of the american people and private information about american battleground states with a foreign adversary? is that the question, sir? yes, sir. i m not going to speculate along those lines. to the extent it s within the
the russian government. would you repeat that question? your report describes a third avenue of russian interference, links and contacts between the trump campaign and individuals tied to the russian government. yes. let s bring up slide one, which is about george papadopoulos. it reads on may 6, 2016, ten days after that meeting with mifsid, papadopoulos represented to representative of a foreign government that the trump campaign had received indications from the russian government it could assist the campaign through the anonymous release of information that would be damaging to hillary clinton. director, that s exactly what happened two weeks later, did it not? i can speak to the screen being accurate as what is in the report but not the second half of the question. on july 22nd through
tell the fbi, they sought to hide the existence of the june 9th meeting for over a year, is that correct? on the general characterization, i would question it. if you re referring to later initiative that flowed from the media, then no. what i m suggesting is that you said in volume ii, page 5, on several occasions the president directed aides to not publicly disclose the email setting up the june 9th meeting. yes, that s accurate. thanks. sir, given this illegal assistance by russians, you chose, even given that, you did not charge donald trump jr. or any of the other senior officials with conspiracy. is that right? correct. and while when you re talking about if you re talking about other individuals, you re talking about the attendees. that s right. of june 9th. that s right. even though you didn t charge them with conspiracy, don t you