Brennan: I Made Sure Anything Involving People in the Trump Campaign Was Shared with the FBI

‘We set up a group in late July that included the FBI and NSA I wanted to make sure that every information and bit of intelligence we had was shared with the bureau so they could take it’

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BRENNAN: "They’ve been able to use elements within the media to try to make sure that their objectives are realized and so again knowing what the Russian M.O. is and has been, including in elections in Europe. I certainly was concerned that they were practicing the same types of activities here in the United States and that’s why as I said we set up a group in late July that included the FBI and NSA. I wanted to make sure that every information and bit of intelligence that we had was shared with the Bureau so they could take it. It was well beyond my mandate as director of CIA to follow on any of those leads that involved U.S. persons, but I made sure that anything that was involving U.S. persons, including anything involving the individuals involved in the Trump campaign, was shared with the Bureau."

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