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Former CIA Director John Brennan suggests 'bad information' may be to blame for his claims that President Trump colluded with Russia; reaction from New York Congressman Peter King, Republican member of the House Homeland Security Committee. FOX News operates the…

Citing a "high-level source," Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul charged in a bombshell Twitter post late Wednesday that anti-Trump ex-CIA Director John Brennan "insisted that the unverified and fake Steele dossier" be included in a classified intelligence community report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections -- a decision that ultimately lent credibility to the dossier and may have played a key role in fomenting unfounded fears of Russia collusion for two years. Fox News had not independently verified Paul's source, and Brennan has not replied to Fox News' requests for comment. Fox News is told Paul's tweet specifically accused Brennan of pushing to incorporate the dossier into the January 2017 official intelligence community assessment (ICA) from the FBI, CIA, and NSA that Russia worked to interfere in the 2016 election. Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper previously testified that the dossier was not ultimately used in the ICA at all. CNN reported on Jan. 12, 2017, based on anonymous sources, that intelligence officials briefed Trump on Jan. 6, 2017 with a "synopsis" of the contents of the dossier, which was written by ex-British spy Christopher Steele. Among the claims in the discredited dossier were that the Russian government had humiliating and compromising information concerning Trump. Just nine days before the FBI applied for the warrant to monitor Page, bureau officials were battling with a senior Justice Department official who had "continued concerns" about the "possible bias" of a source pivotal to the application, according to internal text messages obtained last week by Fox News. Fox News is told the texts were connected to the ultimately successful Page application, which relied in part on information from Steele. In its warrant application, the FBI incorrectly assured the FISA court on numerous occasions that other sources independently corroborated Steele's claims but did not clearly state that Steele worked for a firm hired by Hillary Clinton's campaign. “I don't know if I received bad information, but I think I suspected there was more than there actually was,” Brennan told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” He added: “I am relieved that it’s been determined there was not a criminal conspiracy with the Russian government over our election."

Former CIA director John Brennan reacts to the new report that Donald Trump granted Ivanka Trump a security clearance over objections. And Brennan tells Lawrence why he expects Mueller to issue more indictments. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers…

Telling MSNBC that it's 'possible' Trump has been compromised by Russia, Andrew McCabe says Trump's behaving like the head of a criminal enterprise. Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan reacts. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth…

The timeline of Trump's Moscow project raises new suspicions about his foreign policy proposals during the 2016 campaign. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed…

Former CIA Director John Brennan discusses how Donald Trump broke with convention on Veterans Day by skipping ceremonies in France at at Arlington National Cemetery. Brennan also discusses North Korea and Saudi Arabia. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC…

Trump condemned the violence against Democrats but then attacked his critics and the media and scoffed at critics of his own rhetoric. Jonathan Capehart tells Ali Velshi that Trump "is an empathetic void" and Jennifer Rubin calls this a "coordinated…

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was gravely wounded during the attack on a congressional baseball practice in the summer of 2017, condemns whoever sent pipe bombs to prominent Democratic politicians on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'. FOX News Channel (FNC) is…

Former CIA Director John Brennan speaks out after a bomb addressed to him was sent to CNN's New York office. #CNN #News

The suspicious device sent to CNN Headquarters at the Time Warner Center in New York City was reportedly intended for John Brennan, former CIA director and prominent Trump critic. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated…