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Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:19 AM Feb 2019

According to trump, regarding Richard Burr. Is this true? I missed it.

“Senator Richard Burr, The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, just announced that after almost two years, more than two hundred interviews, and thousands of documents, they have found NO COLLUSION BETWEEN TRUMP AND RUSSIA! Is anybody really surprised by this?”

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According to trump, regarding Richard Burr. Is this true? I missed it. (Original Post) Goodheart Feb 2019 OP
Relax. Burr is a republican congress critter, so of course he lied, it's in his DNA. Submariner Feb 2019 #1
No blogslut Feb 2019 #2
Thank you Rorey Feb 2019 #5
Thanks much. I searched net for Burr's actual statement & your DU post was best hit in my eyes. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #15
Burr is a republican mercuryblues Feb 2019 #3
But even Burr is saying that what the committee has Squinch Feb 2019 #10
Here's Seth Abramson unpacking what Burr actually said. It's very damning to trump. Squinch Feb 2019 #12
So Burr never actually said that mercuryblues Feb 2019 #14
Rep. Nunes also says no collusion!!11!! Kingofalldems Feb 2019 #4
And Richard Burr said no such thing officially. marble falls Feb 2019 #6
Sen Mark Warner said committee didn't know Cohen had lied about Trump Moscow stuff during campaign wishstar Feb 2019 #7
I would agree with Warner. kentuck Feb 2019 #8
All the rethugs are protecting dump scarytomcat Feb 2019 #9
He's right, no "collusion." But there was plenty of conspiring and defrauding and corruption. allgood33 Feb 2019 #11
Don't concern your little head about this. Trump's still going down. PubliusEnigma Feb 2019 #13
It is easy to determine no collusion when LiberalFighter Feb 2019 #16
Yes, the found exactly what they were looking for....nada spanone Feb 2019 #17
Isn't this old news? Charlotte Little Feb 2019 #18
That was the House Judiciary Committee under Devin Nunes blogslut Feb 2019 #19

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
1. Relax. Burr is a republican congress critter, so of course he lied, it's in his DNA.
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:32 AM
Feb 2019

Wait for the Mueller report.

blogslut

(37,955 posts)
2. No
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:33 AM
Feb 2019

It's Big Baby retrofitting a statement to fit his mythology. Here is the interview:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-burr-on-senate-intelligence-committees-russia-investigation-2-years-on/

Here's the statement that the president says exonerates him:

For now, Burr appears to have arrived at his answer. "If we write a report based upon the facts that we have, then we don't have anything that would suggest there was collusion by the Trump campaign and Russia," he said.


The Senate investigation is not over. There is no official conclusion or findings. Burr is stating what he has so far. The interview is way more nuanced and Big Baby doesn't do nuance.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
5. Thank you
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:43 AM
Feb 2019

SO many repukes don't seem to want to understand the English language.

There's a huge difference between "we haven't found" and "there isn't any". It's like if your car keys are lost. You can't find them, but that doesn't mean that they don't exist.

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
10. But even Burr is saying that what the committee has
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 10:27 AM
Feb 2019

found goes way beyond what he believes Mueller is investigating and it may take a decade for the senate investigation to get to all they have found. He also says there is bipartisan agreement within the committee.

mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
14. So Burr never actually said that
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 11:56 AM
Feb 2019

I suspect the Senate investigation is slow-rolled to protect trump. If they have proof that trump has broke the law they need to act on it sooner, rather than later. But trump pushes all the republican policies, so they will let him stay where he is, no matter his maleficence.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
7. Sen Mark Warner said committee didn't know Cohen had lied about Trump Moscow stuff during campaign
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 09:58 AM
Feb 2019

So Richard Burr, like Nunes can say his committee found no collusion because it was was covered up and denied by Trumpers such as Michael Cohen who lied while Roger Stone refused to testify or provide documents to Senate invoking 5th.

Co-chair Mark Warner said he was shocked to find out in the Cohen plea deal that Cohen had lied to Senate about Trump Tower Moscow and that Senate committee knew nothing about the Trump Moscow dealings that continued through the campaign in 2016 until Cohen's plea deal.

Obviously Burr's committee has not collected sufficient evidence to make any conclusion about collusion.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
8. I would agree with Warner.
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 10:06 AM
Feb 2019

There is insufficient evidence that has been collected by their Committee. They were lied to in Committee. The facts have changed.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
9. All the rethugs are protecting dump
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 10:16 AM
Feb 2019

there is no way they can say he is guilty. It would be the end of them.

 

allgood33

(1,584 posts)
11. He's right, no "collusion." But there was plenty of conspiring and defrauding and corruption.
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 10:32 AM
Feb 2019

Just wait for it.

LiberalFighter

(50,504 posts)
16. It is easy to determine no collusion when
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 12:32 PM
Feb 2019

1) The investigation is not over.
2) The Senate has not confirmed the testimony of witnesses.
3) The Senate has avoided evidence that would determine collusion as well as obstruction of justice.

Charlotte Little

(658 posts)
18. Isn't this old news?
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 12:55 PM
Feb 2019

I thought the republicans shut down their investigation because they claimed there was no fire or even smoke for that matter. I believe it's been viewed as obstruction of justice and was around the same time Nunes was playing Red Rover with the White House and releasing intel memos.

The republicans are complicit.

blogslut

(37,955 posts)
19. That was the House Judiciary Committee under Devin Nunes
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 01:03 PM
Feb 2019

The Senate investigation, of which Burr is chair, is ongoing.

The new chair of the House Judiciary Committee is Adam Schiff and he has re-opened the House investigation.

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