Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Brennan: Russia tried to recruit U.S. persons to influence presidential campaign
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 08:51:30 -0600
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Former CIA Director John Brennan told lawmakers Tuesday he was worried that Russia may have tried to recruit U.S. persons during the presidential campaign and that he believes the FBI's investigation into possible coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign is "well founded."

By the time he stepped down as CIA director on Jan. 20, he told the House Intelligence Committee, "I had unresolved questions in my mind about whether or not the Russians had been successful in getting U.S. persons, involved in the campaign or not, to work on their behalf, again, either in a witting or unwitting fashion."

"Therefore," Brennan added, "I felt as though the FBI investigation was certainly well founded and needed to look into these issues."

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