Richard Grenell delivers 'satchel' of documents to DOJ that shatter Schiff collusion claims: Report

by Daniel Chaitin
| May 07, 2020 08:35 PM
| Updated May 07, 2020, 08:40 PM

President Trump's top spy chief reportedly has a "satchel" of documents related to the Russia investigation that could be released as early as Friday.

After the House Intelligence Committee released dozens of witness transcripts from its investigation into Russian election interference on Thursday, Fox News chief White House correspondent Ed Henry reported two sources told him acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is prepared to unveil additional documents that will show how Chairman Adam Schiff and other investigators "knew for a long time there was no collusion" between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin "even though they kept saying they had direct evidence."

Multiple Obama administration officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, told investigators behind closed doors that they had not seen "empirical evidence" showing members of the Trump team were conspiring with Russia to meddle in the 2016 election, according to the newly released transcripts.

Attorney General William Barr received a separate "satchel" of documents, Henry said in a report Friday evening on Tucker Carlson Tonight as Fox News aired video that a producer took of Grenell personally delivering them to the Justice Department.

Henry noted that his sources would not say precisely what was in the satchel, but they expect the contents could be made public as early as Friday.

The reporter also said that while a senior administration source told Fox News previously that Schiff was in "panic mode" about the House Intelligence Committee witness transcripts, the California Democrat may be "even more panicked" now.

The release of the witness transcripts and related materials came after the Justice Department filed to drop all criminal charges against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

In April 2018, when the Republicans were in command of the House Intelligence Committee, the panel released a report that said it found no collusion in its investigation into links between the Trump campaign and the Russians. Democrats argued the inquiry was shut down prematurely.

A year later, special counsel Robert Mueller said his team's investigation “did not establish” any criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

Schiff announced on Wednesday he would release the transcripts shortly after Grenell informed him in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner that the redaction and declassification process was complete and he would put them out if the committee did not.

Schiff's office pinned the blame on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the "unnecessary delay" and the White House for "its improper insistence on reviewing key transcripts," even as GOP lawmakers and Trump administration officials blamed the chairman for the delay.

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