>why was Betsy put there?
Security clearance.
>Listen closely to Burr
Yeah.
I was thinking this at least keeps the balloon in the air.
The statement was about Russian meddling, not Trump collusion. The two don't necessarily conflate.
From the opposite angle; if they would have stated there was no meddling, then there would be no reason to continue past the information discovered today.
"Case closed", "old news", "nothing to see here","move on" type of same old-same old; just when it's getting good.