Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power Rubio on peaceful transfer of power: 'We will have a legitimate & fair election' MORE (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that the latest developments in special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's investigation involving WikiLeaks' release of hacked Democratic emails in 2016 could be seen as evidence of collusion with Russia.

Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, weighed in following reports that former informal Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone Roger Jason StoneThe agony of justice Our Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Justice IG investigating Stone sentencing: report MORE and his associate Jerome Corsi communicated beforehand about a WikiLeaks release.

"When you look at that constellation of facts and all the links between these different characters, it’s either an extraordinary, extraordinary coincidence, or it’s what collusion looks like," Schiff said on CNN's "New Day."

"And this may be why the president does so adamantly try to deny collusion, because these facts are pretty damning," he added.

"When you look at that constellation of facts and all the links between these different characters, it is either an extraordinary, extraordinary coincidence or it's what collusion looks like," says @RepAdamSchiff on reports Manafort met with Assange https://t.co/rP6qVNAbfv pic.twitter.com/388I2OJYyI — New Day (@NewDay) November 28, 2018

Multiple reports published Tuesday indicated that Corsi, a right-wing conspiracy theorist, anticipated in emails to Stone that WikiLeaks was planning to release another batch of stolen documents containing damaging material about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE's campaign ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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The reports, which were based on knowledge of draft court papers, are the latest indication that Mueller is focused on WikiLeaks's release of emails from Clinton's campaign ahead of the election and allegations that Stone knew of the leak ahead of time, something Stone has denied.

Schiff, who is the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday also pointed to a Guardian report that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the campaign.

"If the other allegation that The Guardian published that Manafort was in touch directly with Assange and WikiLeaks, then that’s a whole other order of magnitude of severity and of course it brings this right to the president’s doorstep," he said.

Manafort on Tuesday denied The Guardian story, calling it "totally false and deliberately libelous."

Mueller's team has accused Manafort of violating the terms of his plea deal by lying to federal investigators repeatedly.

In addition to Manafort, Mueller has thus far obtained guilty pleas from three former Trump associates and has obtained indictments against more than 20 Russian nationals.

The president regularly derides the investigation as a "witch hunt" and has denied he colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign.