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There is no evidence so far that President Donald Trump's campaign team colluded with Russia during the 2016 US election, a top lawmaker says.

Devin Nunes, head of the House of Representatives intelligence committee, made the remark on Fox News.

On Monday, FBI Director James Comey will testify before the committee.

The US intelligence community believes alleged Russian hacking during the presidential election was done to help Mr Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.

Mr Trump has branded suggestions that he or associates on his campaign had contact with Russian intelligence as "fake news".

But two senior officials in the Trump administration have been caught up in the affair: Attorney-General Jeff Sessions and Mr Trump's National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Mr Sessions has removed himself from the FBI inquiry after being accused by Democrats of lying under oath when he testified at a January confirmation hearing that he had "no communications with the Russians" before it emerged that he had met Moscow's ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak during the campaign.

Mr Flynn was fired last month after he misled the White House about his conversations with the Moscow diplomat, allegedly regarding US sanctions.

Mr Nunes, a Republican, said the leaking of Mr Flynn's name was the only crime "that we know that's been committed".

Both the House and Senate intelligence committees are currently looking into the possibility of Russian interference during the election.

The White House has asked both committees to investigate Mr Trump's claims that his predecessor ordered a wiretap on his phones during the campaign.

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Patlal said:

Now that there is no evidence on anything can the media move on you think? Probably not

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psi said:

Tweet first, ask questions demand a federal investigation later.

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Patlal said:

Now that there is no evidence on anything can the media move on you think? Probably not

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Move on? One side accused the President of what they've considered treason, a serious crime punishable by anything from a slap on the wrist to death. And the President of the United States accused the former president of illegal espionage - something with pretty big legal ramifications depending on how the current President would choose to deal with that if it were actually true. Meanwhile, everyone in the world from Trump to Merkel is a pedophile and North Korea and Russia are expanding their nuclear capabilities while the President spends his days tweeting like a 16 year old.


They aren't going to move on from this. Cable news ratings have never been better for such a consistent period of time. It's a gold mine.

PatrickKn said:

Patlal said:

Now that there is no evidence on anything can the media move on you think? Probably not

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Move on? One side accused the President of what they've considered treason, a serious crime punishable by anything from a slap on the wrist to death. And the President of the United States accused the former president of illegal espionage - something with pretty big legal ramifications depending on how the current President would choose to deal with that if it were actually true. Meanwhile, everyone in the world from Trump to Merkel is a pedophile and North Korea and Russia are expanding their nuclear capabilities while the President spends his days tweeting like a 16 year old.


They aren't going to move on from this. Cable news ratings have never been better for such a consistent period of time. It's a gold mine.

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koods said:

He's just a tool that fell into these weird fringe political actors laps and they have been caught a little off guard by the fact trump actually won.

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