{"id":2732,"date":"2026-07-01T21:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:09:40","slug":"ex-cia-director-john-brennan-sues-trump-admin-over-probe-into-russiagate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2732","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Sues Trump Admin Over Probe Into Russiagate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Former CIA director John Brennan sued the Trump administration over multiple probes targeting him, claiming he is being \u201cvindictively singled out for investigation and prosecution\u201d by officials, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2730\">China Hawks, Tech Investors And Former Lawmakers: Meet Hegseth\u2019s New Picks For Top Pentagon Board<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brennan, a long-time opponent of President Donald Trump,  Wednesday against the Justice Department (DOJ) to force the preservation of records related active investigations targeting him. The court documents name two federal probes. One was related to  of a cospiracy by officials in former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration to prevent Trump from taking office following claims of Rusian interference in the 2016 election. The second was connected to allegations\u00a0that Brennan gave false statements while testifying in 2023 about the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). The lawsuit marks the first major legal action from Brennan amid the investigations being conducted by the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan\u2019s attorneys claimed in the filing that the ex-CIA director faces investigations into \u201cphantom criminal conduct\u201d and is a target of the DOJ as an adversary of Trump. <strong>(RELATED: Editor Daily Rundown: John Brennan Referred For Criminal Prosecution By House Judiciary Committee)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump has been condemning and calling for Director Brennan\u2019s prosecution for years,\u201d the filing states. \u201cAdministration officials from the Acting Attorney General to the FBI Director and the Counselor overseeing the Brennan investigations have been publicly declaring Director Brennan a criminal, not only before securing a conviction in court but even before a full investigation and an indictment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2728\">Serena Williams Ducks Reporters After First-Round Wimbledon Flameout<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit names Trump, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the DOJ, FBI Director Kash Patel, and others. The House Judiciary Committee referred Brennan to the DOJ for a criminal case in October 2025. The House Intelligence Committee voted to provide multiple classified hearing transcripts to the DOJ connected to Brennan in March, a source familiar told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, a nominee of former President Joe Biden, is responsible for Brennan\u2019s case, CBS News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2726\">Trump DOJ Sues Gavin Newsom\u2019s California Over Glock Ban<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CIA director John Brennan sued the Trump administration over multiple probes targeting him, according to court documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[173,2856,106,31,2857,2858],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-2016-election","tag-cia-director","tag-department-of-justice","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-brennan","tag-russiagate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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