This is what the GOP is hanging their hoax hat on:
Clapper full statement:
"I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was plotting, conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election," former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified. "That's not to say there weren't concerns about the evidence we were seeing, anecdotal evidence."
Right wing omission:
GOP highlight this below:
"I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was plotting, conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election," former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified.
Leave out:
"That's not to say there weren't concerns about the evidence we were seeing, anecdotal evidence."
And this below, "no specific evidence" is highlighted by GOP. Although, a complete read demonstrates probable cause, no hoax
"I saw indications of potential coordination," said Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser to President Obama, "but I did not see, you know, the specific evidence of the actions of the Trump campaign."
"I think that's why these investigations have to get to the bottom of it," he said.
House Intelligence Committee transcripts provide new insight, fuel old divisions - CBS News