A bombshell has just dropped on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling — and it has House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff stunned into silence.
And according to the White House, it’s smoking gun proof that there was no collusion between President Donald Trump and foreign influences.
The New York Times reported that a long sought-after phone records of Trump’s son, Donald Trump, Jr. — the phone calls that Schiff has claimed may be proof that Trump colluded with Russia — have been revealed.
And they’re a big nothing burger.
The phone calls, made to blocked numbers, have been the subject to wild speculation among top Democrats like Schiff and the mainstream media.
Schiff said the phone calls could be the “clearest example” that collusion happened. Trump, Jr. claimed he couldn’t remember who he called that day, but said it wasn’t collusion.
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“We wanted to get the phone records to determine, was Donald Trump talking to his son about this meeting,” Schiff told CNN in November 2018. “It’s an obvious investigative step, but one the Republicans were unwilling to take because they were afraid of where the evidence might lead.”
“Republicans refused to look at the phone records so that we could find out because they were afraid of what the answer might be,” the California Democrat said.
But now we know who Trump, Jr. called.
After all that time, energy, wasted taxpayer cash, and conspiracy theories… they’ve proven that Trump, Jr. was checking in to see how some old family friends were doing.
None of them were involved with Russia, the Trump campaign, or involved with the election at all.
It was just a pleasant phone call to friends.
Just out: The big deal, very mysterious Don jr telephone calls, after the innocent Trump Tower meeting, that the media & Dems said were made to his father (me), were just conclusively found NOT to be made to me. They were made to friends & business associates of Don. Really sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2019
Whoops.
Will Schiff apologize to Trump, Jr. and the president and finally call for the Mueller probe?
The president’s son is still waiting to hear from the Democratic leader —
Has anyone heard from Adam Schiff?
I imagine he’s busy leaking other confidential info from the House Intelligence Committee to change the subject?!? #FullOfSchiff https://t.co/7CC6k0CjlJ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 1, 2019
The special counsel has been tracking down “hot leads” like meaningless phone calls to friends and taxi medallion violations for two years.
It’s time to wrap things up.
— The Horn editorial team