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Nadler Gets the Facts Wrong on Russia Probe

Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, misrepresented the facts regarding two key moments in the special counsel’s investigation of President Donald Trump and his campaign:

  • Nadler claimed that the email inviting Donald Trump Jr. to “a meeting with the Russians” at Trump Tower in June 2016 offered to give the campaign “information stolen” from the Democratic National Committee. The email promised “official documents and information” damaging to Hillary Clinton, but it did not say how those documents were obtained.
  • Nadler claimed Trump told NBC that he fired FBI Director James Comey “to take care of the Russian thing, in order to stop the investigation of various people associated with him.” Trump did tell NBC that he was thinking about “this Russia thing” when he fired Comey, but he added

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