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On Tuesday, former CIA Director John Brennan appeared before a Senate committee to testify on what he knew of the allegations that members of Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with the Russians. In Brennan’s statements, he explained how the investigation got started. For MSNBC’s spotty political historian, Katy Tur, this meant that someone in Obama administration was to blame for not leaking to the press so they could smear Trump before the election. But for one Obama lackey that blames rest on the media’s shoulders.
Tur’s interest in who should be blamed seemed to be piqued by NBC News investigative journalist Ken Dilanian. “I found that revealing. I also found it a little bit infuriating. Not in a partisan sense, but as a reporter,” he told her after noting that Brennan was well aware of the investigation. “It’s now clear the U.S. intelligence community and the Obama administration knew a lot more than they let on.”
“Why did we not know more about it then? What was the reasoning behind keeping it – keeping the cards close to the vest,” she demanded to know. Dilanian explained that “My reporting tells me that the Obama administration was very concerned about appearing to put their thumb on the scale in an election they were convinced Hillary Clinton was going to win.”
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