Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a 21-page document called "Status of the Russia Investigation" which explains what the committee has uncovered so far and what work is left to do.
The document comes in response to Republican committee leadership announcing Monday their investigation is complete.
It is impossible to summarize all the pertinent information the status report provides, but it includes complete details of avenues left unexplored, witnesses not interviewed, documents not obtained, and subpoenas not honored.
It paints a clear picture of the enormous scope of a proper investigation and is worth a read in its entirety.
Meanwhile, House Intel Republicans are trying to walk back their declaration that they disagree with the intelligence community's assessment that Putin wanted Trump to win.
Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican responsible for overseeing the House intelligence committee’s investigation into Russian election meddling, told The Daily Beast on Tuesday that his committee will challenge the way the Intelligence Community came to the conclusion that Putin wanted Trump to win. But he added that it’s still very possible that Putin was, in fact, pulling for Trump.
“We believe that the assessment of that issue by the few analysts who did it did not use the proper tradecraft,” Conaway said.
“Only Putin knows for sure what he was trying to do,” he added.
It’s a much more nuanced position than a one-page summary of the committee’s forthcoming report indicated. Last night, the committee posted a document saying its report would concur “with the Intelligence Community Assessment’s judgments, except with respect to Putin’s supposed preference for candidate Trump.”
House Russia Probe Chief: Putin May Have Wanted Trump (Daily Beast)
Document: House Intelligence Committee Minority Russia Investigation Status Report (Lawfare)