Schiff: Trump Jr. may have been first to know about Russian efforts to meddle in election

The Hill ^ | July 10, 2017 | Mallory Shelbourne

[jazusamo]

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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, on Monday suggested that Donald Trump Jr. may have been the first individual to become aware of the Russians’ intention to help his father in the presidential election.

Schiff spoke to MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” following a new report in The New York Times that said Trump Jr. had been told in an email that harmful information about Hillary Clinton was coming from the Kremlin as part of an effort to help his father’s campaign.

“So if this is correct, the first person who may have found out that the Russians had decided not just to gather information about what the candidates’ positions might be or what they might do in office,” Schiff told Maddow.

“But they had made a decision to intervene to try to help a candidate, the first person who may have learned that was the president’s son, through this email because at that time, we couldn’t be sure whether this was going to go beyond the intelligence gathering operation.”

Schiff noted that the reported email to Trump Jr. came before the hacked documents were dumped.

“And at this point, we wouldn’t have known that the Russians intended to escalate that way,” Schiff said

[jazusamo]

May have? This jerk Schiff is a partisan RAT that would rat out his own mother if he thought it would win the next election for him.

[DoughtyOne]

The guy is my Congressman.

Good heavens...

He’s so idiotic he’s a living caricature.

[DBrow]

I think what Trump Jr learned about was Russian attempts to install HRC.

[LibFreeUSA]

Ok, so what happened to the OBAMA's NSA and monitoring emails? THEY should have been the "FIRST TO KNOW"!!!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

Clinton trying to get oppo research on Trump from a former MI-6 agent is not "British meddling" in the election, but Trump trying to get oppo research from a Russian lawyer IS "Russian meddling?"

-PJ

[headstamp 2]

It must have hurt getting that talking point out of his ass.

[Sarah Barracuda]

These liberal loons are using this whole Russia nonsense as a rouse because they KNOW that Seth Rich is the one that HACKED the DNC emails..let me ask you Schiff, did Russia hack the DNC server or not? Because other than that what are they accusing Russia of doing? Meanwhile, Barack Obama sent his hired goons and 250,000 of our tax dollars to Israel to MEDDLE in their election and NOT A PEEP from the commies..so its A OK to meddle in their election huh Schiff

[VTenigma]

And he may not since the whole Russia meme is made up by the commies.

[jazusamo]

He’s so idiotic he’s a living caricature.

Absolutely, you couldn't have put that any better, he a schizo.

[goldstategop]

I love how liberals holler Russian meddling.

Still waiting for proof on how it happened.

[stinkerpot65]

It’s all lies. But we no longer have a functioning press. Fox is globalist scum as much as CNN.

[Red Steel]

The Dem and Media stupid is measurably off the scale. A magnitude unquantifiable.

[jazusamo]

MAGA!

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[jazusamo]

MAGA!

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[entropy12]

I can see why democrats keep losing elections. They are all focused on Russia, while Trump and his supporters are focused on America.

[JudgemAll]

Obama knew... in fact Obama colluded with Russia to bait Trump
Jr with a lawyer working for the same
Democraf smear shop called Fusion that made that Dossier

This whole thing is a set up

[goldstategop]

CNN talking heads accusing Trump of betrayal and treason.

We have incredibly stupid people in this country.

[Hyman Roth]

Another nothingburger. Yawwwwwwwn!!!!

[jazusamo]

Couldn’t agree more.

[Vendome]

Grow TF up, mental midget...