BOOM!! Intel Committee ENDS investigation, says NO evidence of COLLUSION… [UPDATE: Statement from Burr]

And here we go – the House Intelligence Committee ends its probe, saying there’s no evidence of collusion between Trump and his BFF Putin.

From the Hill:

The House Intelligence Committee is shutting down its contentious investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the top Republican leading the probe announced on Monday.

The committee will interview no more witnesses and Republicans are in the process of preparing their final report, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) told reporters. A draft of that roughly 150-page report will be delivered to committee Democrats for review on Tuesday.

The draft document asserts that there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians, the most politically charged question examined by the committee.

It will also contradict an official U.S. intelligence community assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin showed a “preference” for candidate Donald Trump during the election — another assertion that has been disputed by the president.

“We found no evidence of collusion,” Conaway said Monday. “We found perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings, inappropriate judgment in taking meetings — but only Tom Clancy could take this series of inadvertent contacts, meetings, whatever, and weave that into some sort of a spy thriller that could go out there.”

Further, he said, “We couldn’t establish the same conclusion that the CIA did that they specifically wanted to help Trump.”

Wow. That’s pretty remarkable. I’m sure the Dems on the committee will be freaking out soon enough.

UPDATE: My prediction was right.

And…

UPDATE (TRS):

CNN reporter got a statement from Senator Burr, who seems to at the very least concur with the spirit of the House Intel conclusion…


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