Report: John Brennan ignored “veteran” CIA officers to push claim Putin wanted Trump to win in 2016

Source: New York Post

“Former CIA Director John Brennan ignored warnings from ‘veteran’ officers in December 2016 and ordered the publication of a ‘substandard’ intelligence report that claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘aspired’ to help Donald Trump win that year’s presidential election, according to a bombshell congressional report made public Wednesday. The intelligence agency’s conclusion helped fuel Democratic and liberal claims that Trump and his campaign had illegally conspired with Moscow to win the White House — allegations that dogged much of the president’s first term and culminated in an investigation by then-special counsel Robert Mueller, which concluded there was no evidence of such a plot.” (07/23/25)

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