Former CIA Director explains how Russia is using 'Republican lawmakers as tools’

Former CIA Director John Brennan joins The Weekend to discuss the FBI informant charged with lying to investigators about President Biden and Hunter Biden.


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[ShortFuseFighting]

they are not useful idiots. nah, they are willing participants who know exactly what theyre doing. as do trump voters. ive had just about enough of everybody always being shielded from personal responsibility and accountability! these are grown men and women! its time to stop infantilizing them and start holding them responsible for every single decision they have made

[billwalsh]

Trump is involved in this too, he's the one telling Comer and Jordan to pursue this nonsense.

[ollie]

I can't believe that Americans can't see that their whole political system is riddled with Russian influencing. I'm from the UK and it seems plain as day

[joerogain]

''I have my boss, President Putin here beside me and he says it wasn't Russia interfering in our Elections and I don't see any reason why it would be Russia interfering in our Elections.''

Donald tRUMP

Helsinki Finland

[melissabruhn]

Jim Jordan & James Comer need a trial & to be held accountable.

[danielobrien]

It may not be against the law to lie, but it is against the law to provide aid and comfort to our enemies.

[kurbanovm]

One correction. Russia doesnˇt use them as tools. It has them on a payroll.

[nooneofconsequence]

to be fair, Matt Gaetz has been a giant tool his entire life.

[nataliehatcher]

So thats not treason? AND Why haven't they been charged as insurrectionists?

[joerogain]

Tucker Carlson spending $120.00 in that Moscow supermarket for nothing much and neglecting to say that $120.00 is the average Russian weekly wage was duplicitous and his not knowing that we have had coin operated shopping carts for a long time was just plain stupid.

[jamesmcbeth]

The reverence of Ronald Reagan is appalling. His policies are the starting point of the mess the USA is now in.

[dax]

Wonderful to see Director Brennan more animated.... more human than as I usually see him. It's gotta be tough being one of the smartest people in Washington, and I have to appreciate that too.

[RoadKingRob]

We are at war with Russia right now, we just haven't accepted it yet. Hopefully we all wake up and call it what it is. Thank you for this, it's how we should be talking.

[emsleywyatt]

The word "intelligence" should not be used in the same sentence as the names Comer and Jordan.

[krislokki]

Look at the way these MAGA GOP lawmakers talked and their facial gestures, how can we not feel disgusted. Trump + MAGA GOP = Putin

[sciencelad]

That is why I am an ex Republican, and will not vote for any Republican in the upcoming election, top to bottom.

[wesleyc.]

They're not lawmakers, they're loophole makers.

[summerrain]

"I see a pattern developing here....". Yea, we see your pattern, too, Jordan.

[rickshindorf]

Can they not be charged with Conspiracy or Treason? Are they not working against our National Security interests?

[abbtt]

Democracy cannot exist without accountability.