Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies MORE (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, rebuffed President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE’s assertion that the committee has concluded there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia.

"Mr. President, the Committee reached no such conclusion — only Republicans. In fact, we did find evidence of collusion, despite GOP members being more interested in protecting you than learning the truth. When accusing others of lying, best not to misrepresent facts yourself," Schiff tweeted.

Mr. President, the Committee reached no such conclusion — only Republicans. In fact, we did find evidence of collusion, despite GOP members being more interested in protecting you than learning the truth. When accusing others of lying, best not to misrepresent facts yourself. https://t.co/fIuKPGyEN1 — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 17, 2018

Schiff's tweet came in response to Trump saying that the committee had found "no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign."

As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State. #DrainTheSwamp — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018

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On Monday, the committee finished interviewing witnesses as part of its investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 elections.

After the end of the interviews, committee member Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) announced that the panel's final report would dispute the intelligence community's findings that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election on the behalf of Trump. The decision was met with mixed reactions among committee Republicans.

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Democrats on the committee criticized their Republican counterparts, blasting them for ending the investigation prematurely.

"Sadly, from a very early point in the investigation, the chairman made the decision that his mission was not to find out what Russia did, not to determine the role of U.S. persons, but rather to endeavor to distract the public, to put the government on trial," Schiff said earlier in the week.

The back-and-forth between Trump and Schiff comes after Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday announced that he had fired the No. 2 official at the FBI, Andrew McCabe Andrew George McCabeGraham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation Barr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe MORE.