Lingering questions about former CIA Director John Brennan’s story about Russia may soon be answered, according to a top Republican investigator.
Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, reacted on Sunday to news that U.S. Attorney John Durham interviewed the Obama-era CIA chief as part of his inquiry into the Russia investigation.
“His story doesn’t quite add up,” the California congressman told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News. “So, hopefully, Durham was able to get him on the record, so that he could explain his testimony when he testified in front of our committee.”
Brennan was interviewed by Durham’s team for eight hours at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on Friday and was told he is not a “subject or a target” of a criminal investigation, according to a statement put out by a former staffer.
Nunes said Brennan testified to Congress that he had some information about Trump associates communicating with Russians in the spring or early summer time frame of 2016, but such information has only been found in “fake” dossiers.
“How did Brennan have that information? Who gave him that information? There’s no track record of it at the CIA or anywhere else. He claims that he gave some of this to the FBI,” Nunes said, adding that he also has questions about individualized briefings given to congressional “Gang of Eight” members on this matter.
