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Dem Senator Says Congress Getting Closer to the "Truth" of Russia Allegations, CNN Host Pushes Back

March 13, 2017

CNN co-host Poppy Harlow pushed back against Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) on Monday when he suggested that Congress was getting closer to the "truth" on the alleged connections between Russia and then-candidate Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

Harlow began the segment by asking Murphy about his opinion regarding Trump's claim that his campaign was under surveillance by his predecessor former President Barack Obama.

"I say this is all an intentional strategy, right?" Murphy said. "When the news starts to get bad for the Trump administration they, you know, very intentionally and consistently try to say something outrageous, put it out there in the transom so that everybody picks it up and stops covering the bad news for the administration."

When asked which bad news he is referring to, Murphy cited Trump's poll numbers going down and his replacement health care bill, which he says is "imploding" in the House and Senate.

Murphy then suggested that Congress was getting closer to the "truth" about the connections between Russia and the Trump campaign.

"Just to be clear, you say the truth," Harlow said. "Again, there has been no collusion proved at all between the campaign and the Russian hack. We are going to learn more with these intelligence committee hearings starting next Monday."

Murphy attempted to clarify what he meant by saying that he and other members of Congress are "learning new things" every week.

"The Trump campaign said for a long time that they had nothing to do with the change at the Republican Convention, the insertion of pro-Russian language into the platform," Murphy said. "We now know that they in fact directed that it might have come from Trump himself, so I don't know–"

"There is no evidence to show that. Yes, the platform changed at the RNC, but you are making a connection that isn't proven to be there," Harlow interjected.

Murphy claimed that the Trump official who changed the language came out and said that he changed it because Trump directed him to do so.

"Listen, I don't know where the truth is. It just seems as if its shifting," Murphy concluded.