Then CIA Director Brennan and the intelligence community mischaracterized intelligence and relied on dubious substandard sources to create a contrived false narrative that Putin developed a quote unquote clear preference for Trump. Brennan and the IC misled lawmakers by referencing the debunked separate Steele dossier to assess, quote unquote Russia's plans and intentions, falsely suggesting that this dossier had intelligence value when he knew that it was discredited. The intelligence community excluded significant intelligence and ignored or selectively quoted reliable intelligence that contradicted the intelligence community assessment's key findings on Putin's alleged support for Trump, including this intelligence reporting would have exposed the ICA's claim as implausible, if not ridiculous. (08:29–08:45)
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Asserts that Brennan and the intelligence community misled lawmakers by referencing the discredited Steele dossier.
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