Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) repeatedly refused to take Robert Mueller’s conclusion that President Donald Trump didn’t conspire with the Russians during the 2016 election on Wednesday, maintaining his claim that Trump was a Russian asset who could be blackmailed by Vladimir Putin.
The 2020 presidential candidate and cable news fixture was one of the leading Democratic voices in Congress pushing the collusion storyline over the past two years. MSNBC host Ari Melber played a montage of Swalwell’s Russia claims and noted Swalwell appeared to affirmatively claim a “personal link” between Trump and Putin’s Kremlin.
Over the course of the investigation, Swalwell …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon