Overview
- FBI agents from the Miami field office interviewed about a dozen current and former CIA officers at headquarters in McLean last week, with more interviews planned.
- Prosecutors are examining whether Brennan lied to Congress in 2023 about a 2017 assessment of Russian interference and how much the Steele dossier influenced that work.
- Witnesses are being asked about Brennan’s role in producing the report and about the dossier, a politically funded file of unverified claims about Trump’s ties to Russia.
- Brennan’s lawyer says DOJ named him a target and accused prosecutors of trying to steer the case to a Fort Pierce judge, while sources expect any charge would be filed in Washington where he testified.
- Subpoenas issued for a Washington grand jury were withdrawn in mid-April, and DOJ replaced the lead Miami prosecutor with Joe DiGenova, moves that unsettled CIA veterans as the 2017 assessment’s core findings were later affirmed by DOJ, a bipartisan Senate panel, and a CIA review.