The four main intelligence agencies — the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the F.B.I. The Senate committee’s findings appear unlikely to give Mr. Trump much to crow about, unlike a parallel investigation by the House Intelligence Committee. Mr. Trump breathlessly seized on the report, writing on Twitter: “‘No evidence’ that the Trump Campaign ‘colluded, coordinated or conspired with Russia.’ Clinton Campaign paid for Opposition Research obtained from Russia- Wow! MUST END NOW!”Democrats on the committee joined the fray with a nearly 100-page dissenting document, denouncing the Republicans’ report as little more than a whitewash. The eagerness of Trump campaign aides to accept offers of Russian assistance, they said, suggested “a consciousness of wrongfulness, if not illegality.”

Source: New York Times May 17, 2018 00:11 UTC