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Trump accuses Dems of peddling ‘bulls---’ amid rising scrutiny | TheHill

posted onMarch 3, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE is reportedly wrapping up his probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow in 2016.  The House Intelligence Committee, led by chairman MORE (D-Calif.), is conducting its own inquiry into Russian collusion and announced last month it would expand its probe into Trump’s personal finances. “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 in a statement in February. Trump slammed the development, saying it amounted to presidential harassment. The president previously stated that investigating his personal business or his family members was “red line.” “He has no basis to do that. He’s just a political hack who’s trying to build a name for himself,” Trump told reporters after Schiff’s announcement. “It’s just presidential harassment and it’s unfortunate and it really does hurt our country.” “I saw little shifty Schiff … he went into a meeting and he said, ‘we’re going to look into his finances.’ I said, ‘where did that come from, he always talked about collusion! Collusion with Russia, collusion delusion,’ ” Trump added Saturday. The House Oversight and Reform Committee has launched a slew of investigations, including one examining the White House ... Link to the full article to read more

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