QUESTION THIS MORNING, WHICH IS,
IF HE HIMSELF IS THE SUBJECT OF
AN INVESTIGATION, OF COURSE HE
WOULD.
BUT IF HE'S NOT, I DON'T SEE ANY
PURPOSE OR REASON TO DOING THIS.
LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK FOR A
SECOND HERE.
NUMBER ONE, WE KNOW THAT RUSSIA
TRIED TO MEDDLE IN THE ELECTION.
WHY DO WE KNOW THIS?
BECAUSE WE IN CONGRESS AND THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DID AN
INVESTIGATION AFTER THE ELECTION
WHICH DISCOVERED RUSSIA WAS
TRYING TO MEDDLE IN THE
ELECTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL WELL
KNOW.
HERE IS ANOTHER THING.
WE HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE FROM
ANY OF THESE ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS THAT ANYBODY IN
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OR THE TRUMP
TEAM WAS INVOLVED IN ANY OF
THIS.
WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH NO
EVIDENCE THAT AN AMERICAN WAS
COLLUDING WITH THE RUSSIANS TO
MEDDLE IN THE ELECTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALSO KNOW.
WE'RE STILL DOING
INVESTIGATIONS.
YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, IN THE
HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE, THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES HAVE
BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
ITSELF, NOT THE COMMITTEES BUT
THE COMMUNITY, DID AN
INVESTIGATION AFTER THE ELECTION
AND GAVE US THE RESULTS OF THAT
INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE
INAUGURATION.
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
JUST FINISHED COMING UP WITH ITS
OVERSIGHT PLAN TO CONTINUE
INVESTIGATIONS.
WE WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE MAKING -- THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING OUR SOURCES AND
METHODS AND GETTING TO THE
BOTTOM OF ANY OF THESE THINGS.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE,
BEEN PRESENTED WITH NO EVIDENCE
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