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."
liveanddirecht on May 23rd, 2017 at 19:09 UTC »
He added: “I don’t know whether such collusion existed. . . . But I know there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the bureau to determine whether or not U.S. persons were actively conspiring and colluding with Russian officials.”
“Therefore,” Brennan said, “I felt as though the FBI investigation was certainly well founded and needed to look into these issues.”
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. Edit... And kinda scary too.
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 :/