While Trump officials keep denying anything happened, Congress is moving on its investigation into whether the Russkies interfered in our election.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has sent formal requests to more than a dozen organizations, agencies and individuals, asking them to preserve all materials related to the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and related issues, according to a congressional aide.
The committee chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and its vice chairman, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., sent letters Friday, the same day committee members received a classified briefing from FBI Director James Comey. Committee members declined to comment on what was discussed after the more than hourlong briefing.
The aide was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
So that means Trump is probably firing up the paper shredders as we speak.
Congressional staffers have said that they are not aware of any evidence that materials are not being preserved, but Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Thursday on the Senate floor: “There is real concern that some in the administration may try to cover up its ties to Russia by deleting emails, texts and other records that could shine a light on those connections. These records are likely to be the subject of executive branch as well as congressional investigations and must be preserved.”
I’m still undecided on whether this is all a political hoax by the left and the media to take down Trump, or if there really is something there. It would be foolish to believe that a country that interfered with democratic elections for decades would all of a sudden find their conscience and leave us alone. But on the other hand, we need to stop drawing conclusions before there is any evidence of interference…