Russia Investigation Just Beginning, Schiff Says
Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is just beginning while Sen. Angus King said he doesn’t understand why President Donald Trump and his attorney general appear uninterested in the issue.
Trump’s focus has been to get investigators to say he is not under investigation, asking then-FBI Director James Comey to say so in public – something Comey declined to do before he was fired.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich likened the Russia investigation to going down a rabbit hole where no crime actually has been committed but people’s lives are ruined.
Schiff, D-Calif., in an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” said the Russian investigation is closer to the beginning than the end but declined to outline the evidence that has been presented to the committee in closed session. He also said he thinks there is “evidence of obstruction.” But in both cases he has yet to see “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“The same people that say that there's no evidence of collusion say there's no evidence of obstruction. And that the president, indeed, cannot commit obstruction. I don't buy that. If you look at James Comey's testimony and we were trying this in a court of law, no judge would exclude that. That would all be relevant evidence as to potential obstruction,” Schiff said.
King, I-Maine, on NBC’s “Meet the Press” said he’s baffled by the lack of interest the president and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have shown in the Russia investigation.
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