Former CIA Chief Testifies Trump Team Contacts With Russia Worried Him

KEVIN LAMARQUE
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Former CIA Director John Brennan told the House Intelligence Committee Monday that Russia may have successfully tried to recruit U.S. persons to influence the 2016 U.S. election.

Brennan said he was aware of intelligence and information that revealed contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign. He couldn’t say, however, whether that the activities amounted to collusion.

Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, chaired the hearing since the panel’s chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, recused himself from the Russia probe. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, is the committee’s ranking member.

Brennan addressed questions in closed session afterward. This marks the committee’s first open hearing the Intelligence Committee is holding since March when former FBI Director James Comey testified about Russia along with NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers.

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