Angus King: ‘Really Disturbed’ Trump Admin Is ‘Shrugging Off’ Most Serious Attack ‘Since 9/11’

Senator Angus King “self-identifies” as an Independent, and has consistently provided a different voice to both his Republican and Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Senate. During yesterday’s Senate Intelligence Hearing, King earned plaudits for his tough but fair interrogation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and this morning provided a debrief of sorts with CNN New Day co-host Alisyn Camerota.

After playing a clip of King’s performance — or more to the point, Sessions artful dodge — Camerota asked “what was the burning question or questions that he did not answer?” King laid into the essence of what has troubled many people regarding this investigation, saying:

Of course, the real question is he talked about, he said the president asked me to write a memo about Comey. Then I said okay, you testified that you had interaction with the president. What else did he say? Did he say anything about the Russia investigation? That’s the real questions here is was Comey fired because he was pushing the Russia investigation or was he fired as Jeff Sessions said because of what he did last October. Those are the questions Jeff Sessions did not answer. The other question he did not answer, I have to say really disturbed me.

That is have you looked into what the Russians did. Have you asked for briefings? Do you understand the magnitude of what was done to us. The answer was no. Jim Comey essentially said the same thing last week about the president. Nine interactions with the president. The president never asked what the Russians did and how did they do it and how do you know it?

Alisyn, this is the most serious on our country since 9/11. An adversary is aiming an arrow at the heart of our democracy. These folks are shrugging it off and saying let’s move on and talk about other issues. I understand the defensiveness on whether they were involved or not, but the fundamental story of what the Russians did and they are still at it and will continue to be at it is just being ignored and it bothered me.

A part from some dyed-in-the-wool Trump supporters, there is nearly unanimous agreement that Russia at least tried to interfere in the 2016 general election. The suggestion that President Trump and his administration have not shown what many see to be the proper curiosity has not only disturbed Senator King, but more and more Americans alike.

Watch the clip above, courtesy of CNN.