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Liberal Delaware Sen. Chris Coons caused a stir last week when he indicated during a televised interview that yet-undisclosed transcripts of recorded phone conversations conclusively prove that elements of the Trump campaign explicitly colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. Yet widely-circulated"bombshell" reports from the New York Times and CNN in recent weeks quoted sources who had no choice but to underline that there is no evidence of such coordination, and that the alleged contacts between Trump allies and Russian officials were not even necessarily unusual in nature. Therefore, it's understandable why thisstatement from Coons -- a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee --touched off a fresh, feverish round of breathless speculation and rumors.Here's the clip, via MSNBC:

MITCHELL: Do such transcripts exist? Is that what youre saying?

COONS: I have not seen them. I believe they exist.

As the internet is so fond of saying, "whoa, if true." Alas, here isCoons' walk-back under questioning from Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace. It turns out thatreckless and sloppy pronouncements from powerful politicians isn't a partisan phenomenon (skip ahead to the 1:50 mark):

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Well, he most certainly did not make that point clear. On Russia, the Left keepsoverreaching and making themselveslook foolish and hysterical when it's revealed thatthey can't back up their conspiratorial bravado. Speaking of conspiracies, read thisErick Erickson post piecing together a timeline of media reports on the Russia story, and how they've corresponded with major moments in Donald Trump's campaign and presidency. Is this the stuff of tin foil hats, or might there be something to it? Ericksonisn't the only conservative (nor the only Trump-skeptical conservative, I should also note) who israising red flags about this suspicious timing. As you contemplate that question, please recallthis reporting about Obama loyalists allegedly helping to choreograph the dissemination of information that led to the resignation of a prominent Iran Deal critic within the Trump administration. And before you go,watch former White House spokesmanJosh Earnestduck a question about whether Obama forces might be behind some of the national security leaks that have consumed much of Trump's early term. Hmm:

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