Brennan directed publication of 'implausible' reports claiming Putin preferred Trump in 2016, House found
Russia,Trump Administration,Barack Obama
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The intelligence community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, but, at the "unusual" direction of then-President Barack Obama, published "potentially biased" or "implausible" intelligence suggesting otherwise, the House Intelligence Committee found.
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