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Justice Officials Urge Charges Against Former CIA Director Brennan Over 2016 Probe: CNN
Justice officials and Miami prosecutors face resistance over weak evidence as they push to charge John Brennan with false testimony related to the 2016 Russia investigation.
- On Tuesday, CNN reported that U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones and Justice Department officials pushed to indict former CIA Director John Brennan despite weak evidence, sources said.
- In January, investigators served a second round of subpoenas seeking years of documents related to the 2016 Russia investigation, including material on a 2017 intelligence report on Russian meddling Brennan worked on.
- Observers noted internal office resistance when career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida struggled to delay bringing the case to a grand jury, while Michael Popok said, 'Donald Trump likes to get his pound of flesh any way he can get it.'
- Brennan's lawyers have been bracing for a possible indictment for months, though no charges have materialized, and if charged, the case could be pursued in Washington, DC where grand juries may be less willing to indict.
- Part of a broader pattern, the push reflects efforts by U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones and Republicans on Capitol Hill, with a January White House meeting adding pressure.
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