; Whereas it has been reported that at least 12 Trump campaign associates had contacts with Russians during the 2016 campaign or the ensuing transition, with at least 19 face-to-face interactions with Russians or Kremlin-linked figures and at least 51 individual communications; Whereas Trump campaign aides known to have had contact with Russians include the President's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, his son Donald J. Trump Jr., former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, and Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort; Whereas according to the Washington Post, the President of the United States has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with [Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s] probe ; Whereas instead of supporting the unanimous assessment of the Intelligence Community, the President of the United States has sought to attack, discredit, and undermine the agencies and officials responsible for detecting and assessing Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election as well as the law enforcement officials responsible for investigating and bringing to justice the conspirators who committed crimes against the United States; Whereas at the meeting in Helsinki, Finland, rather than embracing the conclusions of the Intelligence Community, the President of the United States sided with President Putin in heaping scorn on the ICA regarding Russian interference and called Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference the greatest political witch hunt in history