Posted on 03/04/2017 11:15:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
There’s a caveat to this claim: Sen. Coons hasn’t actually seen the transcripts. Nevertheless, Coons tells MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell he “believes” they exist.
“Is the FBI Director being forthcoming enough with the intelligence committees?” Mitchell asks. Sen. Coons replies, “I think it’s important that the outcome of that counter-intelligence investigation be fully shared with the intelligence committees, both in the House and the Senate.
“There are transcripts that provide very helpful, very critical insights into whether or not Russian intelligence and senior Russian political leaders, including Vladimir Putin, were cooperating, were colluding with the Trump campaign at the highest levels to influence the outcome of our election. And if that information is stonewalled or hidden away and if we are not able to get that on the Senate intelligence committee, House intelligence committee then I think that has real consequences for our democracy.”
Sen. Coons then urged Director Comey to complete the investigation and share all of the “products” with the intelligence committees. Andrea Mitchell then asked Coons to clarify what he was saying. “Do such transcripts exist? Is that what you’re saying?” she asked.
“I have not seen them. I believe they exist,” Coons replied.
So far as I know this is the first time anyone has claimed the FBI has proof of such collusion, but the general complaint about the FBI not being forthcoming enough has been made previously by Rep. Adam Schiff on the House side. From the LA Times:
“We cannot represent to the American people that we’re doing a thorough job if the Department of Justice or the FBI is unwilling to tell us what indeed they’ve looked at, what leads they have followed, where they have found substance and where they have not,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) told reporters shortly after his committee was briefed by FBI Director James Comey.
The New York Times story that really got this ball rolling a couple weeks ago claimed the FBI was investigating contacts between Russia and the campaign but also reported no evidence of collusion had been found:
American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election.
The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation.
Has something changed or is Sen. Coons speculating about transcripts he admits he has not seen? Also, how does he know they exist or have any idea what they say if the FBI is withholding them?
They would have used it long ago
So? Even if true, the Clinton’s coordinated with China, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. So did Bush except with China. Didn’t bother you then, it doesn’t bother me now.
But it is fake news anyway.
These people are utterly and completely insane insane insane!!! Delusional psychopaths!! How in the flippity F did Russia “interfere” in the election??? Nobody ever confronts these lunatics with that? HOW HOW??? How did they do it? Did they use magic space beams that zapped peoples brains making them vote for Trump instead of Hitlery?? And if they think the Russians were behind the Wikileaks - which Julian Assange denied - just what exactly did those Wikileaks reveal?? That Dummie Whatshername Schitz was supporting Hillary? It’s NOTHING. There is NOTHING there, the left is constantly pushing this delusional BS when the FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE MEDIA WAS COMPLETELY BIAS AGAINST TRUMP HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN! THAT IS CALLED “FIXING AN ELECTION”...And still he won! Why?? Because Hillary sat on her fat cankle supported ass her entire campaign while Trump busted his.
Some people believe in unicorns, but that doesn’t mean they’re real.
“There are transcripts that provide very helpful, very critical insights into whether or not “
Misleading headline. Coons isn’t claiming the transcripts show collusion. He is simply saying there are transcripts. The transcripts might show collusion, might not show collusion, he is saying.
He wants them released to Dem senators so they can leak them to the media and then the media can print Fake News distortions of them, even if the transcripts show no collusion.
Yeah, DJT’s tweet this AM was the ‘CHARGE’ command. Just watching to see which RATS defect and which ones remain to fight.
I was telling Laz I think the misspelled ‘HEARby’ tweet at Pelosi/Schumer yesterday was the ‘go’ for everybody to saddle up.
Given their desperation, I'm waiting for a story about a dead girl(s) or live boy(s) with a dash of organ harvesting and a side of private conversion of the wealth of an overthrown sovereign nation. I'll settle for a bed time Awan story.
liberals can say anything as they know the media will never challenge them on what they claim.
When did Sen Chris Coons (D-DE) start raping and sodomizing adolescent boys?
There isn’t any known documentary evidence that he did but such evidence may exist.
Coons is just a putz. Attention-seeking Obama lapdog.
All of this......ALL OF THIS...is now a not so "silent coup" and utter bovine excrement!
Who the hell is Chris Coons. Never heard of him/her.
Ryan is a lying weasel. He spoke up today, and said he didn’t believe Obama had wiretapped Trump Towers. Not, “That’s interesting; it needs to be checked out”, or, “ If that’s true, the former president has some explaining to do”, or, “we’re looking into it”. His default is to automatically stab Trump in the back. Every time.
RE: Who the hell is Chris Coons. Never heard of him/her.
The junior United States Senator from Delaware. Joe Biden should not him well.
What do you mean “...is going to get REALLY messy.”; it already is.
The title states an incorrect conclusion. Either the writer is an idiot or corrupt.
and the media never asks about what was in those emails. It showed corruption, lies, and what they thought of the American people.
More proof the media are nothing more than lying , biased scumbags.
He is my Senator. He replaced Biden. I’m not sure who is dumber.
“Misleading headline. Coons isn’t claiming the transcripts show collusion. He is simply saying there are transcripts. The transcripts might show collusion, might not show collusion, he is saying.”
You are absolutely right. I just watched the clip. The headline is false. Hotair should be ashamed.
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