House Intelligence Committee Republicans release final Russia report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

House Intelligence Committee Republicans released a redacted version of their final report from a year-long probe into Russias multifaceted influence operation, which accuses the intelligence community of significant intelligence tradecraft failings in determining that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 election to help President Trump.

The report generally absolves Trump and his associates of wrongdoing, finding no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded, coordinated, or conspired with the Russian government. The report does, however, criticize both the Trump and Clinton campaigns for poor judgment and ill-considered actions, such as Trump campaign officials decision to meet with a Russian lawyer offering compromising information on Hillary Clinton in Trump Tower in June 2016.

It also criticizes the Obama administration for a slow and inconsistent response to mounting Russian threats.

House Intelligence Committee Democrats refused to endorse the report, claiming that the GOP intentionally steered the investigation away from scrutiny of the president as well as manipulating the interview schedule, refusing to issue subpoenas, and otherwise undermining the integrity of the probe, which they believe is still incomplete.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-intelligence-committee-gop-releases-final-russia-report/2018/04/27/cfea31e2-4a20-11e8-9072-f6d4bc32f223_story.html

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It must be Friday.

[Freethinker65]

1. McConnell's refusal to sign on to a bipartisan warning about Russia's interference? Manafort??

I bet they GOP conveniently left stuff out trying to make it a both sides issue. Complete complicit bullshit.

Hillary warned us during the campaign. The DNC was hacked and the GOP used the ill gotten information.

[Achilleaze]

2. More mush from the KGOP traitors

[bluestarone]

3. WE KNEW IT

TOTAL BULLSHIT LOCK THEM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RockRaven]

4. Anything with "Intelligence" in the title

created by Devin Nunes is worth about as much as used Kleenex.

[turbinetree]

5. Gordon , Gaetz, Goodlatte, Ryan, McCarthy, Nunes -fascist republican party are enablers of treason

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210545582

[DetlefK]

6. I take, this is the report where Republicans refused to interview dozens of witnesses?

[djacq]

7. My college professors never accepted incomplete one-sided work

Why should we?

[Blue_Adept]

8. What a poorly timed dump

It'll get lost amid everything else plus it's a Friday. They shoulda released it on Sunday or Monday to take control of the narrative (which wouldn't last anyway, as it'd get knocked down like Nunes' memo), but this just shows them dumping it out and moving on. I find their lack of faith disturbing.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Seemed they wanted to wrap it up "by May 1st"

which is next Tuesday, so they dumped it out today (rather than hold it over the weekend).

[Grammy23]

10. I know we are all relieved to have this report to reassure us

as tRump has reminded us over and over — there was no collusion. NO COLLUSION! Whatsoever.

Whew. Now I can sleep tonight.