Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a scathing rebuke to those who supported allegations that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Speaking on the "Brian Kilmeade Show," Rubio claimed the widely circulated allegations were part of a larger disinformation campaign effort funded by political opponents.
"This dossier was a piece of campaign disinformation. It was paid for by political campaigns," Rubio alleged Thursday.
"It is a huge outrage because it was fake. It was a lie. And they used it to mislead the American public. It cost millions of dollars in investigations, all chasing a hoax," he added.
His comments came shortly after National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard released documents alleging the Obama administration politicized intelligence around the 2016 election.
Rubio, who previously chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee, said his own investigation into the matter found "zero, zilch proof" that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia. However, some Democrats have accused him of trying to rewrite the findings, which did confirm evidence of "Russian meddling."
"We can say, without any hesitation, that the Committee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election," Rubio wrote in a statement on the investigation in 2020.
"What the Committee did find, however, is very troubling. We found irrefutable evidence of Russian...
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