( CNN) A Senate hearing on Russia plan ended up being a system for Democrat to hammer residence the factor that President Donald Trump, several of his elderly authorities as well as Republican legislators have actually been spreading out a rejected conspiracy conceptthat Ukraine conflicted in the 2016 governmental political election.

Askedif he understood any kind of proof that Ukraine conflicted in the 2016 United States political election, Under Secretary of State David Hale claimed, “I'm not.”

Sen Robert Menendez, the leading Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, after that asked Hale whether Russia conflicted in the 2016 political election to advantageTrump