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‘Morning Joe’ And Former CIA Director John Brennan Speculate About Possible Putin Blackmail

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The “Morning Joe” political panel speculated with former CIA director John Brennan Tuesday about whether or not Russia has compromising information about President Donald Trump that could be used to blackmail him.

Co-host Willie Geist asked if it was possible the Russians recorded Trump while he met with Putin and are planning to hold it over his head. (RELATED: Joe Scarborough Says Russia Had Nothing To Do With Trump’s Win, Blames Hillary)

“I would find it unbelievable if they didn’t. In some manner, yes,” Brennan said. “I think whatever Mr. Trump said in that meeting with Mr. Putin is now memorialized on Russian tape and it will be used as necessary by Mr. Putin against Mr. Trump.”

Geist then asked if it’s possible if Russia has blackmail on the commander-in-chief.

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“Well Donald Trump knows what he has done,” Brennan replied. “He knows what might the Russians be aware of. So I think his actions towards Mr. Putin may reflect that concern, in terms of what is in Donald Trump’s past that the Russians have and might use against him.”

Geist continued to belabor the point, and asked Brennan to guess at specifics and give viewers an idea of the sort of blackmail Russia may or may not have on Trump.

“I’m not going to go into that at all,” Brennan shot back. “I’m not saying it exists at all. I’m saying that Trump knows and I think that’s why he’s been so desperate to stop the Mueller investigation — because clearly he is concerned and very, I think fearful about what might be exposed during that investigation.”

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