Rep. James Comer (R-KY) tried to claim that the entire investigation into the Trump campaign’s multiple contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign was a hoax — only to run into a buzzsaw in the form of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).
Schiff was quick to cut to the chase.
“Let me ask the gentleman… are you aware that the president’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly met with an agent of Russian intelligence and provided Russian intelligence with internal campaign polling data, as well as strategic insights about their strategy in key battleground states, are you aware of that?” Schiff asked him.
“I think everyone’s aware of every bit of information that you all have tried to peddle,” Comer replied.
“Let me ask you,” Schiff continued. “Are you aware that while the Trump campaign chairman was providing internal polling data, that Kremlin intelligence was leading a clandestine social media campaign to elect Donald Trump? Are you aware of that?”
“I think we see every day that Russia was trying to do a Facebook campaign in Ukraine,” Comer replied, without addressing Schiff’s actual point.
“Would you like me to go on?” Schiff asked him.
James Comer tried to challenge Adam Schiff on Russian collusion. It did not go well pic.twitter.com/KZym8F9ZTJ
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 9, 2021