Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Richard Burr, R-N.C., said the panel had not unearthed any proof of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
“If we write a report based upon the facts that we have, then we don’t have anything that would suggest there was collusion by the Trump campaign and Russia,” Burr said in an interview with CBS News.
Burr said “if I can finish tomorrow, I would finish tomorrow” and signaled that panel’s two-year investigation that launched in January 2017 is coming to a close. Even so, the committee has not started composing a final report on the investigation, and it’s unclear how much material would be declassified.
“We know we’re getting to the bottom of the barrel because there are not new questions that we’re searching for answers to,” Burr said.
A representative for Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Mark Warner, D-Va., declined to comment to the Washington Examiner.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is one of several congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Special counsel Robert Mueller is also conducting his own investigation into the matter at the Justice Department.
House Intelligence Committee Republicans unveiled a report in April 2018 determining no collusion occurred, but Democrats of the committee accused then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., of conducting an incomplete investigation.
With the House now under Democratic control, its Intelligence Committee members are showing new interest in investigating President Trump’s business dealings. Current House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., announced Wednesday that the panel will continue investigating Russian interference and the Trump campaign, but will also examine “credible reports of money laundering and financial compromise related to the business interests of President Trump, his family, and his associates.”
“The president’s actions and posture towards Russia during the campaign, transition, and administration have only heightened fears of foreign financial or other leverage over President Trump and underscore the need to determine whether he or those in his administration have acted in service of foreign interests since taking office,” Schiff said.
