Ex-CIA chief John Brennan: Russians contacted Trump campaign

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Story highlights House investigators are interest in diving into Russian meddling in the US election

Former CIA Director John Brennan's testimony isn't the only high profile hearing Tuesday

Washington (CNN) Former CIA Director John Brennan told House Russia investigators Tuesday that Russia "brazenly interfered" in US elections, including actively contacting members of the President Donald Trump's campaign -- but he stopped shy of dubbing it "collusion."

"I saw interaction that in my mind raised questions of whether it was collusion," Brennan told Rep. Trey Gowdy, saying that he supported the FBI digging further. "It was necessary to pull threads."

Brennan was speaking to the House intelligence committee on the extent of Russia's meddling in the 2016 elections and possible ties to the Trump campaign, where he was asked about how Moscow recruits sources "wittingly and unwittingly."

ehunter96 on May 23rd, 2017 at 18:33 UTC »

USA politics is like that comedy that used to be funny but now it's awkward and irritating.

BDunnn on May 23rd, 2017 at 18:11 UTC »

I'm not even American. Why is Reddit pushing this to my phone? I WANT MY 675KB OF DATA BACK!!

Saru-Rosco on May 23rd, 2017 at 18:10 UTC »

Why did I get a push notification for this? I'm not even subscribed to this subreddit and I have push notifications disabled :/