From Washington Examiner: There is limited desire among Republicans on Capitol Hill to haul Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan back in front of lawmakers, despite accusations that he may have lied to Congress about statements related to 2016 Russian election meddling.
A years-old House Intelligence Committee report now available to the public appears to contradict statements made to Congress by Brennan in 2017, a document that was recently declassified by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as part of a broader document dump she claims is evidence of a “treasonous conspiracy” by Obama officials to undermine Trump in 2016.
However, Republicans on Congress’s intelligence committees suggest they have more pressing matters than nearly a decade-old testimony outside the statute of limitations for lying to lawmakers and that the Department of Justice is better equipped to investigate such allegations.
“I would let the federal agencies be able to walk back through it. It creates more and more drama here,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said. “Sunshine is a good thing. It’s wherever that comes out, however that comes out, get the information out.”
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said there are “other issues out there right now that are a lot more pressing” without saying what those were.
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