Rep. John McGuire, R-Va., told Newsmax’s “National Report” on Wednesday that U.S. strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities were effective despite reports that intelligence assessments found that core components of the country’s nuclear program survived the attack.

CNN reported Tuesday that an early intelligence assessment of the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities found that the attacks failed to destroy key components and would only set the Iranian nuclear program back by a few months.

McGuire, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, dismissed the leaked report as “a preliminary assessment” and noted that “it’s a federal crime to leak information, especially top secret information.”

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