Democratic lawmakers say there is no evidence in briefings of a spy in the Trump campaign

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, speak about the Omnibus budget deal during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 22, 2018.
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US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, speak about the Omnibus budget deal during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 22, 2018.

Senior Democratic lawmakers said nothing they heard in classified briefings on Thursday from FBI and intelligence officials on an FBI probe into Russian election meddling changed their view that there is no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that the FBI had planted a spy in his campaign.

"There is no evidence to support any allegation that the FBI or any intelligence agency placed a spy in the Trump campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and
protocols," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.