Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich claimed Monday that Hillary Clinton “gave” money to Russians during the 2016 presidential election.
“We have seen the result of all of this boomerang on the other side, on the Clinton campaign, which was more directly connected to the Russians than we’ve seen any evidence of with the Trump campaign,” Pavlich said Monday.
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The Fox contributor and longtime Trump defender was commenting on the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, who she says worked with the Russians to compile the documents filled “with salacious information about President Trump.”
The remarks caused former Clinton communications director Adrienne Elrod, who was also a guest during the segment, to burst out laughing.
“They gave them money,” Pavlich exclaimed.
“I don’t even know where to start here,” Elrod said. “The Clinton campaign did not have any collusion with Russia, let’s just put that forward.”
“They paid someone working with Russians money for opposition research on Donald Trump,” Pavlich cut in.
“It was a dossier, it was opposition research, it was a very standard part of the campaign,” Elrod responded.
The heated exchanged ended with Fox News host Heather Childers noting the length of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Russians and the Trump campaign.
[Trump: Robert Mueller is meddling in the midterms by keeping Russia investigation alive]
