After briefing Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff about bombshell intelligence on Russia in August 2016, CIA Director John Brennan waited nearly three weeks before briefing senior Republicans and the rest of the Congressional Gang of Eight, according to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
After briefing President Barack Obama and White House officials about the intelligence in the first week of August, Brennan provided a one-on-one briefing to Pelosi, the House minority leader, on Aug. 11, 2016. Brennan then briefed Schiff, the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on Aug. 17, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Aug. 26, according to the third volume of the Senate intelligence committee’s Russia report.
