Russia-Trump campaign collusion an 'open' issue: U.S. Senate panel chiefsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday the issue of whether President Donald Trump s 2016 election campaign colluded with Russia remains an open question as the panel intensifies its probe into the matter. Republican Chairman Richard Burr and Democratic Vice Chairman Mark Warner also warned about the risk to future U.S. elections posed by Russia, including what is expected to be a closely contested election next month for governor of Warner s home state, Virginia. Burr told reporters the committee plans to conduct 25 more interviews with witnesses this month, but described his goal of finishing this year the main congressional investigation into Russian meddling as only  aspirational  at this point.  The issue of collusion is still open,  Burr said, standing alongside Warner at a press conference to provide an update on the investigation.  We have not come to any determination on collusion,  he said. Burr said he wanted very much to conclude the investigation before the height of campaigning for November 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, when all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the 100-seat Senate will be up for grabs. Warner said the United States needed a  whole-of-government  approach to combating interference with U.S. elections.  The Russian active measures efforts did not end on Election Day, 2016,  he said.  Trump, who has called allegations of campaign collusion with Moscow a hoax, has faced questions about the matter since he took office in January. A special counsel appointed by the Justice Department, Robert Mueller, is conducting a separate probe that could lead to criminal charges. Russia denies meddling. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered in the election to try to help Trump defeat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton through a campaign of hacking and releasing embarrassing emails, and disseminating propaganda via social media to discredit her campaign. Burr said the committee agreed with the intelligence community s conclusion that Russia had interfered.  The committee continues to look into all evidence to see if there was any hint of collusion,  Burr said.  Now, I m not even going to discuss initial findings because we haven t any. We ve got a tremendous amount of documents still to go through.  He said the panel has conducted more than 100 interviews lasting more than 250 hours in its nine-month-old probe, and  we currently have booked for the balance of this month 25 additional interviews.  Those who have already come before committee members or investigators include the president s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and social media executives such as officials from Twitter Inc (TWTR.N).  On Wednesday, a representative for Kushner and Ivanka Trump denied a report in USA Today that the couple had re-routed personal emails through their family s business. Among witnesses who will appear at future public committee hearings are Trump s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and executives from Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter and Alphabet Inc s (GOOGL.O) Google. Warner and Burr urged American election officials and political campaigns to take the threat of Russian interference seriously.  You can t walk away from this and believe that Russia s not currently active in trying to create chaos in our election process. And I assume that the same tactics that you saw in Montenegro, in France, in Belgium and in the United States will continue to be tested within our structure of the election process,  Burr said. Burr said the committee has  hit a wall  in its investigation of a former British spy s explosive dossier on purported Russian support for Trump s 2016 campaign. Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele compiled the dossier, which Trump was told by former FBI director James Comey contained salacious material about the businessman-turned-president. Trump and his associates have called the dossier s contents false.  We have, on several occasions, made attempts to contact Mr. Steele, to meet with Mr. Steele,  Burr said.  Those offers have gone unaccepted. The committee cannot really decide the credibility of the dossier without understanding things like who paid for it, who are your sources and sub-sources,  Burr added. (This corrected version of the story removes quote with incorrect attribution in sixth paragraph, replacing with another quote). worldnews
campaign collusion issue senate panel chiefswashington reuters leaders senate intelligence committee said wednesday issue whether president donald trump election campaign collided russia remains open question panel intensifies probe matter republican chairman richard burn democratic vice chairman mark warner also warned risk future elections posed russia including expected closely contested election next month governor warner home state virginia burn told reporters committee plans conduct interviews witnesses month described goal finishing year main congressional investigation russian meddling aspirations point the issue collusion still open burn said standing alongside warner press conference provide update investigation we come determination collusion said burn said wanted much conclude investigation height campaigning november elections seats house representatives one third senate grabs warner said united states needed approach combating interference elections the russian active measures efforts end election day said trump called allegations campaign collusion moscow hoax faced questions matter since took office january a special counsel appointed justice department robert mueller conducting separate probe could lead criminal charges russia denies meddling intelligence agencies concluded russia interfered election try help trump defeat democratic candidate hillary clinton campaign hacking releasing embarrassing emails disseminating propaganda via social media discredit campaign burn said committee agreed intelligence community conclusion russia interfered the committee continues look evidence see hint collusion burn said now i even going discuss initial findings we got tremendous amount documents still go he said panel conducted interviews lasting hours probe currently booked balance month additional interviews those already come committee members investigators include president adviser jared pusher former trump campaign manager paul manafort social media executives officials twitter inc on wednesday representative pusher lanka trump denied report usa today couple personal emails family business among witnesses appear future public committee hearings trump personal attorney michael cohen executives facebook inc twitter alphabet inc google warner burn urged american election officials political campaigns take threat russian interference seriously you walk away believe russia currently active trying create chaos election process and i assume tactics saw montenegro france belgium united states continue tested within structure election process burn said burn said committee hit wall investigation former british spy explosive dossier purported russian support trump campaign former officer christopher steele compiled dossier trump told former fbi director james come contained malicious material trump associates called dossier contents false we several occasions made attempts contact steele meet steele burn said those offers gone accepted the committee really decide credibility dossier without understanding things like paid sources burn added this corrected version story removes quote incorrect attribution sixth paragraph replacing another quote worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Russia-Trump campaign collusion an 'open' issue: U.S. Senate panel chiefsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday the issue of whether President Donald Trump s 2016 election campaign colluded with Russia remains an open question as the panel intensifies its probe into the matter. Republican Chairman Richard Burr and Democratic Vice Chairman Mark Warner also warned about the risk to future U.S. elections posed by Russia, including what is expected to be a closely contested election next month for governor of Warner s home state, Virginia. Burr told reporters the committee plans to conduct 25 more interviews with witnesses this month, but described his goal of finishing this year the main congressional investigation into Russian meddling as only  aspirational  at this point.  The issue of collusion is still open,  Burr said, standing alongside Warner at a press conference to provide an update on the investigation.  We have not come to any determination on collusion,  he said. Burr said he wanted very much to conclude the investigation before the height of campaigning for November 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, when all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one third of the 100-seat Senate will be up for grabs. Warner said the United States needed a  whole-of-government  approach to combating interference with U.S. elections.  The Russian active measures efforts did not end on Election Day, 2016,  he said.  Trump, who has called allegations of campaign collusion with Moscow a hoax, has faced questions about the matter since he took office in January. A special counsel appointed by the Justice Department, Robert Mueller, is conducting a separate probe that could lead to criminal charges. Russia denies meddling. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered in the election to try to help Trump defeat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton through a campaign of hacking and releasing embarrassing emails, and disseminating propaganda via social media to discredit her campaign. Burr said the committee agreed with the intelligence community s conclusion that Russia had interfered.  The committee continues to look into all evidence to see if there was any hint of collusion,  Burr said.  Now, I m not even going to discuss initial findings because we haven t any. We ve got a tremendous amount of documents still to go through.  He said the panel has conducted more than 100 interviews lasting more than 250 hours in its nine-month-old probe, and  we currently have booked for the balance of this month 25 additional interviews.  Those who have already come before committee members or investigators include the president s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and social media executives such as officials from Twitter Inc (TWTR.N).  On Wednesday, a representative for Kushner and Ivanka Trump denied a report in USA Today that the couple had re-routed personal emails through their family s business. Among witnesses who will appear at future public committee hearings are Trump s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and executives from Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter and Alphabet Inc s (GOOGL.O) Google. Warner and Burr urged American election officials and political campaigns to take the threat of Russian interference seriously.  You can t walk away from this and believe that Russia s not currently active in trying to create chaos in our election process. And I assume that the same tactics that you saw in Montenegro, in France, in Belgium and in the United States will continue to be tested within our structure of the election process,  Burr said. Burr said the committee has  hit a wall  in its investigation of a former British spy s explosive dossier on purported Russian support for Trump s 2016 campaign. Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele compiled the dossier, which Trump was told by former FBI director James Comey contained salacious material about the businessman-turned-president. Trump and his associates have called the dossier s contents false.  We have, on several occasions, made attempts to contact Mr. Steele, to meet with Mr. Steele,  Burr said.  Those offers have gone unaccepted. The committee cannot really decide the credibility of the dossier without understanding things like who paid for it, who are your sources and sub-sources,  Burr added. (This corrected version of the story removes quote with incorrect attribution in sixth paragraph, replacing with another quote). worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: campaign collusion issue senate panel chiefswashington reuters leaders senate intelligence committee said wednesday issue whether president donald trump election campaign collided russia remains open question panel intensifies probe matter republican chairman richard burn democratic vice chairman mark warner also warned risk future elections posed russia including expected closely contested election next month governor warner home state virginia burn told reporters committee plans conduct interviews witnesses month described goal finishing year main congressional investigation russian meddling aspirations point the issue collusion still open burn said standing alongside warner press conference provide update investigation we come determination collusion said burn said wanted much conclude investigation height campaigning november elections seats house representatives one third senate grabs warner said united states needed approach combating interference elections the russian active measures efforts end election day said trump called allegations campaign collusion moscow hoax faced questions matter since took office january a special counsel appointed justice department robert mueller conducting separate probe could lead criminal charges russia denies meddling intelligence agencies concluded russia interfered election try help trump defeat democratic candidate hillary clinton campaign hacking releasing embarrassing emails disseminating propaganda via social media discredit campaign burn said committee agreed intelligence community conclusion russia interfered the committee continues look evidence see hint collusion burn said now i even going discuss initial findings we got tremendous amount documents still go he said panel conducted interviews lasting hours probe currently booked balance month additional interviews those already come committee members investigators include president adviser jared pusher former trump campaign manager paul manafort social media executives officials twitter inc on wednesday representative pusher lanka trump denied report usa today couple personal emails family business among witnesses appear future public committee hearings trump personal attorney michael cohen executives facebook inc twitter alphabet inc google warner burn urged american election officials political campaigns take threat russian interference seriously you walk away believe russia currently active trying create chaos election process and i assume tactics saw montenegro france belgium united states continue tested within structure election process burn said burn said committee hit wall investigation former british spy explosive dossier purported russian support trump campaign former officer christopher steele compiled dossier trump told former fbi director james come contained malicious material trump associates called dossier contents false we several occasions made attempts contact steele meet steele burn said those offers gone accepted the committee really decide credibility dossier without understanding things like paid sources burn added this corrected version story removes quote incorrect attribution sixth paragraph replacing another quote worldnews