House probe overlooked most Trump-Russia contacts, report claims
Source: NBC News
Democratic-aligned group claims Intelligence Committee failed to follow majority of connections.
by Heidi Przybyla / Mar.22.2018 / 5:04 AM ET
WASHINGTON — Even though the final report from the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee will find no evidence of collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia, a new study by a Democratic-aligned advocacy group suggests the committee didn’t look very hard.
According to the Center for American Progress’s Moscow Project, the House committee charged with investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 election obtained either no or incomplete information about 81 percent of the known contacts between Trump officials and Russians, or groups and individuals with strong Russia ties like Wikileaks.
Those officials include former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who has pled guilty to lying to the FBI and former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who has been indicted on an array of tax, financial, and bank fraud crimes and has worked on behalf on foreign entities aligned with Russia.
Another key finding, according to CAP’s examination: At least 22 high-ranking Trump campaign officials knew about the contacts during the 2016 campaign and the transition.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-probe-overlooked-most-trump-russia-contacts-report-claims-n858931
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