Overview
- Lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee, which voted Tuesday night, approved sending several classified hearing transcripts to the Justice Department at its request, including a Brennan interview that will not be made public.
- Prosecutors are examining whether John Brennan lied to Congress about a 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian election interference, and his lawyers say Miami prosecutors labeled him a grand-jury target in December.
- Federal prosecutors in Miami earlier this month subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey for years of records tied to the intelligence community’s 2017 assessment.
- Career prosecutors in Miami have told Justice Department officials they view the case as weak, yet the team is still working toward a possible filing in Washington, D.C. federal court.
- Republicans on the House panel framed the handover as advancing accountability in what they call a “collusion hoax,” while Brennan’s lawyers say there is no legal basis for the probe, highlighting the sharp political divide around the case.