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NBC News proudly notes that “Meet the Press” is the longest-running program on network television. But it’s unlikely anyone at the network will be looking back with pride on this week’s show.
Almost 2 full years after @RepAdamSchiff told NBC he had seen “more than circumstantial evidence” that associates of Trump had colluded w/Russia to rig the election, the network not only welcomed him back w/out demanding that he finally produce the evidence to support his claim.
NBC gave him a platform to make new allegations.
On Sunday, NBC’s @ChuckTodd began by quoting some of the President’s recent comments on social media. “
On Sunday, NBC’s @ChuckTodd began by quoting some of the President’s recent comments on social media. “
So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal,” said Mr. Trump via Twitter.
This seemed to be the moment for Todd to demand that Schiff, now chairman of the House Intel Committee, finally produce evidence he has long claimed to have seen.
But instead Mr. Todd simply asked Mr. Schiff to “explain the parameters of your investigation, where you’ve expanded. How far back into his finances do you plan to look?”
Without defending his earlier claim, Mr. Schiff proceeded to explain how he was now setting off in search of evidence of “a different form of collusion,” perhaps involving the President’s finances.
This gave Schiff the opening to assure Todd that “we are trying to work collaboratively with the Senate.”
Mr. Schiff then ruminated on various things that in his view could be a “form of collusion” without having to address the particular “more than circumstantial” evidence of collusion that he claimed to have seen more than two years ago.
