House Intel Chairman: 'No Evidence' Yet Of Trump Campaign Contact With Russian Agents

"As of right now, we have no evidence, but we will continue to ask for evidence and look for evidence," said Rep. Devin Nunes (R.-Calif.), who called the press conference to deal with a number of issues, including a New York Times report that the members of the Trump campaign were in contact with Russian intelligence and that he was pressured by the White House to call reporters to knock down the Times story.

Nunes said his committee had not concluded its probe into contact between Russian operatives and any of the presidential campaigns. "Not only the three Americans named in that story but also any Americans with the Russians." Trump's national campaign chairman Paul Manafort was named in the Times report, but the other two individuals were not named. Manafort resigned from the Trump campaign Aug. 19, shortly after the Republican National Convention.

The hauling of citizens before a congressional hearing based on media reports would bring back the days of McCarthyism, he said.

"I am trying to be very careful," he said.

"We can't have the government–the U.S. government–and/or the Congress or another branch of the government chasing down American citizens, calling them before the Congress as if they are some sort of secret Russian agents," he said. "That is what I am concerned about here-- that we go off on some witch hunt against American citizens just because they appear in a press story somewhere."

The congressman said he has yet to see any sign that members of the Trump campaign or transition team broke any laws dealing with foreign governments.

There were, however, contacts between the Trump camp and the Russians that were completely above-board, he said.