All articles tagged with #russia collusion
A senior intelligence official, supported by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, exposed efforts within the US intelligence community to manipulate and manufacture intelligence to support the Russia collusion narrative, highlighting attempts to suppress dissent and report wrongdoing over six years, and emphasizing the importance of whistleblower protections and accountability.
During a CNN town hall, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made claims that partially strayed from or omitted the truth. Christie only told half the story on allegations of collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. He claimed he had no knowledge of the Bridgegate scandal, but prosecutors alleged and two of Christie’s former aides testified he knew about the plan to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge in 2013. Christie pointed to police reform efforts he supported in Camden, New Jersey, as proof that he could bring down violent crime. He also criticized Trump for his lack of fiscal control when he was in office.
The recent indictment by Special Counsel John Durham of a lawyer who worked for the Clinton campaign in 2016 highlights the failure of Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. Mueller's team failed to uncover evidence of collusion, but Durham's investigation has revealed potential wrongdoing by those involved in the Clinton campaign's efforts to discredit Trump.
The release of the Durham report contradicts Rep. Maxine Waters' guarantee that President Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. The report concluded that the investigation into the Trump campaign's connection with Russia was premised on "raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence" and had no "actual evidence of collusion" to justify its launch. Waters emerged as an early proponent of the Russia collusion theory and introduced legislation to investigate Trump over collusion claims less than a month after his inauguration.