REPUBLICANS on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee reached an opposite conclusion Monday from the intelligence community they oversee, announcing that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not trying to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election.

The Republicans also said they found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia and that they are shutting down their yearlong investigation.

Their viewpoint — which perfectly aligns with Trump’s view on election meddling — will be met with sharp disagreement by Democrats and is bound to inflame partisan tensions on a committee that’s been beleaguered by partisanship throughout its Russia probe.

Trump seized on the news Monday evening, tweeting about it in all capital letters.

The Republican decision to end the House Russia investigation comes as special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe appears to be accelerating.

Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican leading the Russia investigation, said Monday that the Republican staff had prepared a 150-page draft report that they would give to Democrats to review Tuesday morning U.S. time.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee, slammed the Republican decision to end the investigation.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is forging ahead with its investigation into Russian election meddling. But Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said Monday that he had not yet seen any evidence of collusion, though he said the committee was still investigating and had not reached conclusions on either matter.

(SD-Agencies)