A former Trump campaign aide told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that the panel’s Russia investigation was crushing his family financially due to legal fees and had forced them out of their home.
“God damn you to hell,” Caputo told them.
Caputo accused the panel of being part of the swamp, a term President Donald Trump uses to describe the corruption and bureaucracy in Washington.
The article says that Cohen “secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign,” citing two unnamed sources.
Cohen has denied the allegations in the report.
“But who is McClatchy’s second source?“ Caputo said. ”It couldn’t be Dan; he was the first source ... So who could it be—perhaps one of his former Senate Intelligence colleagues? I mean, you’re all in this together. You’re the swamp.”
Caputo said that the investigators should themselves be investigated, demanding they explain who was coordinating the “attack” on the president.
“Forget about all the death threats against my family. I want to know who cost us so much money, who crushed our kids, who forced us out of our home, all because you lost an election,” Caputo said. “I want to know because God damn you to hell.”
The committee asked Caputo about some 20 people connected to the Trump campaign and whether he knew about any communications they’ve had with Russian officials.
“My answer for each of them was the same,” Caputo said. “There was none.”
“The investigators at the special counsel’s office are following leads all the way to the end,” Caputo said. “But they have a very clear direction in their question. It’s all about collusion.”
Mueller and the Senate Intelligence Committee are investigating allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. Neither investigation has produced any proof of collusion. A third investigation into the same allegations by the House Intelligence Committee released a final report last week which concluded that there is no evidence of collusion.
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