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‘The CIA just got it wrong,’ Utah’s Chris Stewart says after Republicans find no evidence of Russian collusion with Trump

As it investigated alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, “the CIA just got it wrong,” Rep. Chris Stewart told CNN on Monday evening.

The House Intelligence Committee closed its investigation into the matter Monday, saying neither Trump nor his affiliates colluded with the Kremlin to influence the 2016 presidential election.

"The CIA just got it wrong," says GOP Rep. Chris Stewart about the intelligence community's assessment that Russian President Putin was trying to help the Trump campaign over Hillary Clinton https://t.co/E4Ty4U5bnU pic.twitter.com/xjf9ZexXPd

— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2018

Stewart, a Republican and Utah’s only member of the House Intelligence Committee, toured the national media circuit Monday evening to talk about the panel’s findings, which clash with those of committee Democrats and of the intelligence community.