Trump touts House Intel conclusions on Russia

President Trump on Monday touted the Republican-majority House Intelligence Committee’s conclusions on its probe into Russia’s election meddling after the panel said it found no evidence of collusion with the Trump campaign.  

THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS, AFTER A 14 MONTH LONG IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION OR COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2018

Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), who is overseeing the Moscow hacking probe, announced on Monday the committee would stop interviewing witnesses and was in the process of readying its final report. 

“We found no evidence of collusion,” Conaway told reporters on Monday. “We found perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings, inappropriate judgment in taking meetings — but only Tom Clancy could take this series of inadvertent contacts, meetings, whatever, and weave that into some sort of a spy thriller that could go out there.”

{mosads}A draft of that roughly 150-page report, which says there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, will be available to Democrats on the committee on Tuesday. 

The document contradicts the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin favored Trump during the campaign. 

The committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), ripped the decision to end the investigation. 

“While the Majority members of our committee have indicated for some time that they have been under great pressure to end the investigation, it is nonetheless another tragic milestone for this Congress, and represents yet another capitulation to the executive branch,” Schiff said in a statement.