Right wing media has once again unfairly exaggerated in order to smear Schiff.
Schiff never said he had proof of collusion
Schiff never said he had direct evidence of collusion.
Here is the actual text of the interview in question:
Chuck: [...] All you have right now is a circumstantial case?
Schiff: Actually no Chuck. I can tell you that the case is more than that. And I can’t go into the particulars. But there is more than circumstantial evidence now, so again I think Director Clapper--
Chuck: You have seen direct evidence of collusion?
Schiff: I don’t want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation. So that is what we ought to do […]”
Schiff never says he has “direct evidence” or “proof” of collusion.” He does say two interesting things though:
- “There is more than circumstantial evidence…” Evidence of what??? Chuck cuts him off so we never find out. He might have had evidence that there was communications or information exchanged. For example, Manafort providing polling data.
- “...there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is [...] worthy of investigation…” Once again, evidence of what??? He doesn’t specify, Schiff says it is worthy of investigation. If he had direct evidence of collusion, he would have said it was worthy of indictment or impeachment, not investigation. "Investigation" is a clear declaration of comparative weakness.
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Liquids said
Schiff never said he had direct evidence of collusion.
Chuck: You have seen direct evidence of collusion?
Schiff: I don’t want to go into specifics, but I will say that there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation. So that is what we ought to do […]” .....snip~
The Usual from Liquids, huh?
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MisterVeritis (05-07-2021)
No. I have seen him in other interviews making direct statements. He lied. He pushed a lie. All the while testifying to Mueller that he'd never seen any evidence of collusion. As did that political woman that went on TV (I forget her name) I think it was a red head (not Mr. Maddow). Directly lied - all while testifying to Mueller that they'd seen NADA. Why? To hurt Trump and further divide the country to gain power.
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MMC (05-07-2021)
“Just say the election was corrupt and leave the
rest to me and the Republican congressmen”
--Donald Trump
Speaking to the Justice Department on Dec. 27, 2020. Conversation memorialized in then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue’s contemporaneous notes.
Here ya go DG use any of the links you want to.
Asam schiff lied about Trump and russian collusion - Bing
WSJ Editorial Board or any others.
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