There were two bombshell revelations from Monday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. But if you were only listening to Republicans, you would have missed them.

FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers were limited in how much they could answer without breaking security protocols, but they nonetheless confirmed the rumours: the FBI is investigating links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

Not only that, but the FBI investigation launched in July, around the same time Donald Trump publicly called on the Russians to hack and release Hillary Clinton’s e-mails.

That means it was underway when, ten days before election day, James Comey revealed the probe into Clinton’s e-mails was being reopened, upending the polls and possibly tanking Clinton’s support enough to hand Trump victory.

The second revelation was that President Trump’s claims that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign were entirely fabricated. Both Comey and Rogers showed no hesitation in refuting those accusations in the most uncertain terms.

Rogers looked visibly horrified when he slammed the suggestion (made by the White House press secretary) that the British intelligence agency GCHQ had carried out said wiretapping at Obama’s request.