Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, has received documents from the estate of a now-deceased GOP operative who allegedly attempted to retrieve missing Hillary Clinton emails from Russian hackers, according to a report Wednesday.
The attorney for GOP operative Peter Smith’s estate, William Ensing, told ABC News that the documents had been provided to the committee following a request from Schiff.
The documents were sent after the Republicans on the committee ended the panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. A report from the Republican-led effort determined there was no “collusion, coordination, or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.”
In response, Democrats criticized Republicans for conducting an probe that was misleading and incomplete, and have indicated that they wish to continue on with their own investigative effort.
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2017 that Smith spearheaded a movement to acquire from Russian hackers emails that had been deleted from Clinton’s server. Smith also told the Journal shortly before he reportedly committed suicide that he was not working on behalf of the Trump campaign.
