Two officials told The New York Times that members of the Senate committee were briefed on the conclusions made by the committee leaders, Sen. Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrTrump to hold campaign rally in North Carolina day before special House election Hoekstra emerges as favorite for top intelligence post Trump casts uncertainty over top intelligence role MORE (R-N.C.) and Warner. (Aaron Bernstein / Reuters)

The Senate Intelligence Committee has found that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are responsible for leaking to Fox News confidential text messages between the Senate panel’s highest ranking Democrat and a Washington lobbyist associated with a Russian billionaire, sources familiar with the situation told The New York Times on Thursday. The Senate Intelligence Committee has found that a Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee leaked to Fox News text messages sent by Sen. Mark Warner Mark Robert WarnerGOP senators object to White House delaying home-state projects for border wall Report highlights Instagram, deepfake videos as key disinformation threats in 2020 elections GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of year MORE (D-Va.), according to a new report. During the meeting, they also raised concerns about the House committee and its leader, Rep. Devin Nunes Devin Gerald NunesNunes campaign drops lawsuit against constituents who accused him of being a 'fake farmer' Judge asks Twitter for information on Devin Nunes parody accounts The Hill's Campaign Report: Democratic field begins to shrink ahead of critical stretch MORE (R-Calif.), according to the newspaper. The text messages obtained by Fox News last month indicated that Warner had texted last year with Washington lobbyist Adam Waldman in an effort to reach Christopher Steele, the author of a private intelligence dossier of damaging allegations about President Donald Trump's ties to Russia. And then, somehow, Warner’s text messages wound up on Fox News, practically straight from the congressional copier, according to a New York Times report:

The documents published by Fox News appear to back up the senators’ accusation.
An alleged Senate Intelligence Committee report states that a House Intelligence Committee Republican was behind the leak to Fox News of private text messages between a Russian-connected lawyer and Senator Mark Warner, the committee vice-chairman, concerning an attempt to contact Christopher Steele, author of the Trump–Russia dossier. Committee chairman Richard Burr later denied the leak report.