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Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan referred to DOJ for criminal prosecution
Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan referred to DOJ for criminal prosecution
Rep. Jim Jordan, GOP Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has referred former President Barack Obama's CIA Director John Brennan to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution -- accusing him of knowingly making false statements to Congress during a 2023 transcribed interview.
Rep. Jim Jordan, GOP Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has referred former President Barack Obama’s CIA Director John Brennan to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution — accusing him of knowingly making false statements to Congress during a 2023 transcribed interview.
That would be in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and fines.
On Tuesday, in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote that the former CIA director “knowingly made false statements during his transcribed interview” with the panel back in May 2023 in relation to the department’s involvement with the Steele dossier.
Brennan falsely claimed that the CIA opposed including the discredited Steele dossier in the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), denying any reliance on it. However, evidence suggests otherwise, as a CIA officer reportedly drafted an annex using a dossier summary, overriding objections from senior CIA officials.
This is significant since, in 2016, while Brennan was leading the CIA, he played a role in decisions regarding whether intelligence from the Steele dossier should be incorporated into the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian interference.
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Jordan further emphasized that “Brennan made the ultimate decision, along with then-FBI Director James Comey, to include information from the dossier in the ICA.”
Commentary:
Finally, we're going after the right people. Next on the hit list of conspirators is Christopher Wray, Merrick Garland and Alejandro Mayorkas.