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(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday, rhetorically asked what Russian President Vladimir Putin has on President Donald Trump.

Pelosi asked the question after host Joe Scarborough asked her for her reaction to the unanimous report from the Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that concluded that the U.S. Intelligence Community’s assessment that the Russians had interfered in the 2016 election was sound.

“But the Republican-led Intel Committee unanimously said that they got it right in this investigation,” Scarborough said to Pelosi. “What’s your reaction?”

“Well, I’m not surprised,” said Pelosi.

“As a member of the Gang of Eight, I watched this whole investigation proceed and the rest,” she said.

“And that leads you to the question: What does Vladimir Putin have on President Trump, personally, politically, financially, in any way that he would choose Putin’s word, what Putin said, over the Intelligence Community?” said Pelosi.

“And that he would give any currency to a charge that it was the Ukraine--people in the Ukraine--that had conducted this, to divert any culpability from the Russians, something is very wrong there,” she continued.

“But, this was, again, it gives you hope and faith that with the facts and respect for the intelligence that was gathered cannot be denied,” she said. “No matter what the president says, it cannot be denied.”

When the Intelligence Committee released a heavily redacted version of its report on Tuesday, Chairman Richard Burr (R.-N.C.) put out a statement supporting the reports basic conclusion.

“In reviewing the ICA [Intelligence Community Assessment], the Senate Intelligence Committee looked at two key questions: first, did the final product meet the initial task given by the President, and second, was the analysis supported by the intelligence presented?” said Burr. “We found the ICA met both criteria. The ICA reflects strong tradecraft, sound analytical reasoning, and proper justification of disagreement in the one analytical line where it occurred.

“The Committee found no reason to dispute the Intelligence Community’s conclusions,” said Burr.

“One of the ICA’s most important conclusions was that Russia’s aggressive interference efforts should be considered ‘the new normal,’” said Burr.

“That warning has been borne out by the events of the last three years, as Russia and its imitators increasingly use information warfare to sow societal chaos and discord,” he said. “With the 2020 presidential election approaching, it’s more important than ever that we remain vigilant against the threat of interference from hostile foreign actors.”

Here is a transcript of the part of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” in which host Joe Scarborough asked Pelosi for her reaction to the Senate Intelligence Committee report: