'They really don't care': Former CIA director rips the GOP for getting played by Russia

Former CIA Director John Brennan pounced on the House GOP leadership for using a now-indicted Russian purveyor of lies about President Joe Biden to be their central witness in their bid to impeach the president.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Brennan said it doesn't matter if they knew they were being played or not by their informant Alexander Smirnov who is now in custody for lying to the FBI.

Speaking with co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend, Brennan didn't mince words when taking his shot at Rep's James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH).

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''I think it's unclear whether they knew or not, quite frankly" he began before adding, "Based on what I've seen, they really don't care if these things are true or not.

"They will just try to use them to advance their efforts to undermine the integrity of President Biden, as well as to advance their impeachment process," he continued. "So, therefore, they seized upon something that was clearly on un-evaluated information, it was raw, it was obtained by the FBI. Director Christopher Wray initially tried to resist them being provided to the Hill, but then the pressure increased and it was eventually shared with them."

"As is now clear, Mr. Smirnov is a serial liar," he added. "Nothing that he was claiming about President Biden was true. Therefore, I think the whole impeachment effort, which was resting heavily on that is really quite questionable."

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