Three of James Comey’s responses before the Senate Intelligence Committee destroy the foundations of the narrative that Donald Trump and/or his campaign conspired with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. Comey debunked New York Times reporting of Trump-Russia collusionFirst, Comey characterized as “not true” the New York Times anonymous-leaks article, that initiated the collusion frenzy back in February. It turns out the story was known to be false, but no one bothered to tell American voters. The (abridged) exchange with Senator Risch (R-Idaho) proceeded as follows:RISCH: You talked with us shortly after February 14th, when the New York Times wrote an article that suggested that the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians. Do you remember reading that article when it first came out?

Source: Forbes June 12, 2017 01:07 UTC