Adam Schiff dismantles John Durham: Just call it 'good old-fashioned GOP cheating with the enemy'

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) took on former special counsel John Durham at a hearing on his investigation into the FBI's probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Throughout a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday, Durham rarely went against Republican claims that there was no "collusion" between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.

"So let's break this down," Schiff said before asking Durham if he remembered relevant portions of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

"Mr. Durham, you're aware of Donald Trump's public statements along the lines of, hey, Russia, if you're listening, hack Hillary's emails, you'll be richly rewarded by the press," the lawmaker reminded the witness.

"I'm aware of that," Durham admitted.

"You're aware that Mueller found that hours after he made that plea for Russian help, the Russians, in fact, tried to hack one of the email servers affiliated with the Clinton campaign or family?" Schiff pressed.

"If that happened, I'm not aware of that," the former special counsel replied.

"You're not aware of that in the Mueller report?" Schiff gasped. "When you say you're not aware of evidence of collusion in the Mueller report, it's because apparently you haven't read the Mueller report very well."

"I'm not aware of that fact," Durham repeated.

After a barrage of questions recalling how Russia worked to benefit the Trump campaign, Schiff concluded by offering a new definition of collusion.

"They don't want to call collusion," Schiff said of Republicans. "Maybe there's a better name for it. Maybe they would prefer we just call it good old-fashioned GOP cheating with the enemy. Maybe that would be a little bit more accurate description."

"Because this is what happened, but they seem allergic to calling it for what it is," he asserted.

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