Trump's coordination with Russia pretty damning: US lawmaker
The evidence of coordination between US President Donald Trump and Russia is “pretty damning,” says a top lawmaker.
"The Russians offered help. The campaign accepted help. The Russians gave help. And the president made full use of that help," the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, told CNN on Sunday. "And that's pretty damning, whether it is proof beyond a reasonable doubt of conspiracy or not."
Asked to provide proof, Schiff said people need to look at the "pattern of chronology."
He outlined a chronology of communications involving Trump campaign associates, WikiLeaks and Russians dating back to late-April 2016, when, according to court filings, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos learned that Russians had emails belonging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"So, we have all of these facts in chronology...You'd have to believe that these were all isolated incidents not connected to each other -- just doesn't make rational sense," Schiff said. "You have, in late April, the Russians approaching the Trump campaign and saying, we have stolen Hilary Clinton emails... You have only weeks later the Russians making another approach to the campaign, this time at the highest levels, offering dirt on Hillary Clinton."
There are currently multiple investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump has repeatedly denied allegations of collusion between his campaign and Russia.
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