Rand Paul: Hillary Is Only Person Who Colluded With Russia

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Wednesday continued to defend President Donald Trump, saying his former opponent "colluded with the Russians."

Paul, who has become one of the president's most ardent supporters when it comes to Russia, backed Trump's repeated assertion the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller is "tainted" by Democrats in an interview on Fox News on Wednesday.

"The president sees the Mueller investigation, he sees all these accusations from partisan Democrats, Hillary Clinton, saying 'Oh, he colluded with the Russians,'" Paul said. "The only people who we actually know colluded with the Russians were Hillary Clinton, who paid a British agent who then paid Russians for information for the dossier."

He added Trump "feels like the intelligence community cooked up a political or partisan investigation, but also, part of the Mueller investigation is something that should be investigated, and that is: Who hacked into Hillary Clinton's emails?"

The senator concluded, "There is part of the Mueller investigation that is legitimate and part of it that is a partisan attack on the president."

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