Former CIA director John Brennan says that he warned Russia last summer against meddling in the US presidential election but the Russians went ahead and did it, anyway.
“It should be clear to everyone that Russia interfered in our 2016 presidential election process,” Brennan says in testimony to the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump’s campaign.
“And that they undertook the activities despite our strong protests and explicit warning they not do so,” says Brennan, who served as CIA director from 2013 until January of this year when Trump took office.
Former Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
Brennan told how he called the head of the Russian intelligence service, the FSB, on August 4 of last year.
“I said that all Americans, regardless of political affiliation or whom they might support in the election, cherished their ability to elect their own leaders without outside interference,” Brennan says. “I said American voters would be outraged by any attempt to interfere in the election.”
— AFP
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