Nonilex

#DOJ prosecutors face pressure from top officials to bring charges against #Obama's #CIA director as other investigations fizzle

DOJ prosecutors leading an investigation into former CIA Director #JohnBrennan are facing increasing pressure from top DOJ officials to bring criminal charges against him after the department has flailed in trying to punish #Trump’s perceived enemies, people briefed on the matter told CNN.

#law #LegalEthics #Trump #Russia #RevengePolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/politics/brennan-trump-political-foe-prosecution

Justice Department leans on prosecutors in Brennan probe as other Trump-foe investigations fizzle

Justice Department prosecutors leading an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan are facing increasing pressure from top Justice officials to bring criminal charges against him after the department has flailed in trying to punish President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies, people briefed on the matter told CNN in recent days.

CNN
Mar 11 at 4:58amWeb
Show threadNonilexMar 11

Prosecutors in the Miami #USattorney’s office have been leading the #JohnBrennan probe, which relates to testimony the ex-intelligence chief gave to #Congress in 2023 & the #Russia investigation years earlier, issuing 2 rounds of subpoenas to several witnesses.

Yet the push for charges has run into career prosecutors raising concerns in southern Florida, with some viewing the potential case as relatively weak.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #Trump #RevengePolitics

Show threadNonilexMar 11

#DOJ officials & #USAttorney Jason Reding Quiñones made a push in January to bring a case against him, according to two people briefed on the matter, but some career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida resisted the pressure.

Those career prosecutors are facing a new wave of pressure now, one of the sources said, & are struggling to delay bringing the case to a grand jury.

#law #LegalEthics #Trump #Russia #RevengePolitics

Show threadNonilexMar 11

At first, the prosecutors gathered documents late last year from #JohnBrennan & other former intelligence officials. The subpoenas specifically sought information about a 2017 intelligence report on Russian meddling in the election that Brennan worked on, & which he spoke about in his 2023 congressional testimony.

#law #LegalEthics #Trump #Russia #RevengePolitics

Show threadNonilexMar 11

A second round of subpoenas went in January to several former government officials and sought years of documents, including government records on the 2016 #Russia investigation the people would no longer have access to, two people familiar with the investigation told CNN recently. At least one former intelligence community official has been interviewed in the probe, one source said.

#law #LegalEthics #Trump #RevengePolitics

Show threadPG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 11
@Nonilex what a SNAFU! A guy who stole thousands of classified documents, conspired to hide those documents from the FBI is president and now trying to create crimes to convict his perceived enemies.
Show threadWelkinMar 11
@Nonilex
The level and scope of vindictiveness and pettiness is atrocious.