The office of U.S. Senator Ed Markey, who claimed on national television in an interview with CNN earlier this week that a grand jury had convened in New York to investigate President Donald Trump's campaign's alleged ties to Russia, was forced to backpedal on the claim after multiple outlets revealed that Markey's source for the claim was likely a series of left-wing conspiracy blogs.
"Senator Markey does not have direct intelligence that is the case, and the information he was provided during a briefing is not substantiated," Markey's spokesman Giselle Barry told the Boston Herald after the longtime pol was questioned regarding the authenticity of his claim.
