John Brennan, who previously led the CIA, pushed back against President Trump’s characterization of the 2016 election findings, insisting on MSNBC’s “Deadline” Wednesday that Trump is flat-out wrong in claiming Russia didn’t meddle.
Speaking about reports that both he and James Comey are now under FBI investigation for potentially giving inaccurate testimony to Congress about the intelligence community’s evaluation of Russian involvement in the 2016 election, Brennan stated, “I think, again, to try to satisfy the interest, the urge of Donald Trump, who continues to claim that the that the assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 election was a hoax.”
Brennan was emphatic, continuing, “It was not. It clearly was not. Russia interfered. They tried to help Donald Trump. They tried to hurt Hillary Clinton. They tried to you know undermine the democratic foundations of our country in terms of our election integrity. This has been validated over and over again. Move on. Get over it. But clearly, Donald Trump believes that this is something that I think continues to need, need to be looked at and criticized. But again, I stand behind the assessment. I think the assessment has stood the test of time. And again, I point to those reviews that were done in a political, nonpartisan fashion.”

{Matzav.com}