Overview
- DiGenova, a Trump-aligned former U.S. attorney, was appointed Saturday as counsel to the attorney general to work from the Southern District of Florida under U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones and a Fort Pierce grand jury before Judge Aileen Cannon.
- His selection followed the removal of career prosecutor Maria Medetis Long, who had raised doubts about pursuing charges against former CIA Director John Brennan.
- Prosecutors sent new subpoenas to cooperating former intelligence and FBI officials to testify before a Washington, D.C., grand jury this week, an unusual shift from planned interviews that legal experts said marks a rapid escalation.
- The investigation is framed as a single “grand conspiracy” that links years of actions around the 2016 Russia assessment to recent steps, a strategy that could keep older conduct in play if prosecutors allege a recent overt act.
- The probe has issued more than 130 subpoenas, including one to former FBI Director James Comey, as critics warn of conflicts of interest given diGenova’s work for Trump and his public attacks on Brennan.