I question your interpretation that resulted in "he was lambasting the number of articles online and in mainstream media that are trying to connect the Trump campaign and the current administration to Russia, suggesting that much of it was fake in order to generate outrage from the left.".

Hartmann, for sure, wants a compete investigation into the Russian-Trump issue. And, on the radio, I never heard a fill in host talk like you suggested.

It seems that all DUers do is to rag on people, even good/great Dems.