Rep. Chris Stewart asserts it is silliness to think that President Donald Trump is a “Russian stooge.” Also, our intelligence services’ conclusion that Russia’s activities were designed to help the Trump campaign is one he’s “not sure we can confidently conclude.”
His claim comes from his membership on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, whose main contribution has been to provide us all with an example of “fake intelligence.” Every time a new document appears related to one of its conclusions, the committee turns out to be just wrong. This weekend we found out that the Carter Page investigation was properly authorized and independent of the Steele dossier, contrary to the committee’s Finding #19 in Chapter 3.