C.I.A. Had Evidence of Russian Effort to Help Trump Earlier Than Believed

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"10 weeks before the election —  C.I.A. director John O. Brennan was so concerned about increasing evidence of Russia’s election meddling that he indicated that intelligence officials had evidence of Russia’s intentions to help Trump much earlier in the presidential campaign. The briefings reveal a critical split between the C.I.A. and counterparts at the F.B.I., where a number of senior officials continued to believe  through last fall that Russia’s cyberattacks were aimed primarily at disrupting America’s political system, and not at getting Trump elected. Mr. Reid was briefed by Brennan in August!    Days later, without mentioning the C.I.A. briefing, Reid told  Comey that he had “recently become concerned” that Russia’s interference was “more extensive than widely known.”