CIA Director Brennan interview on Russian influence

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/what-else-does-the-cia-know-about-trump-and-russia/ar-BB19BmZb

What Else Does the CIA Know About Trump and Russia?
Edward-Isaac Dovere
4 days ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/what-else-does-the-cia-know-about-trump-and-russia/ar-BB19BmZb

What Else Does the CIA Know About Trump and Russia?

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Brennan’s only answer on whether he thinks Trump should be charged with crimes after leaving office is that lawyers should sort out what is appropriate. But he says Trump has “absolutely, without question” violated his oath of office, that Attorney General Bill Barr is a “co-conspirator,” and that the Republicans in the Senate who have put political expediency ahead of challenging what he believes is a expediency ahead of challenging what he believes is a clear and present danger to the country are violating their own oaths. That goes for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who, Brennan writes, responded to his own 2016 briefing on the Russian attacks with, “One might say that the CIA and the Obama administration are making such claims in order to prevent Donald Trump from getting elected president.” (David Popp, a spokesman for McConnell, told me that policy is not to comment on intelligence meetings, but “I’d remind you of what the Leader has said repeatedly in public: intelligence should never be used for partisan political purposes. Leader McConnell has always taken seriously the threat of foreign interference in our elections, and is encouraged by steps taken by Congress, the executive branch, and state and local election officials since 2016 to defend against this real threat.&quot
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