A federal grand jury has reportedly issued subpoenas to three top Obama-era intelligence and law enforcement figures involved in the U.S. government’s 2016 Russia investigation, according to CBS News sources familiar with the development.
Those subpoenaed include former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok, and former FBI attorney Lisa Page. The source said that more subpoenas may follow soon as investigators widen their inquiry.
The subpoenas originate from the Southern District of Florida and are said to demand records tied to the creation of the Obama administration’s intelligence community assessment, which was released publicly in January 2017. That report alleged that Russia launched a covert influence operation aimed at helping Donald Trump win the presidency over Hillary Clinton.
It remains uncertain which federal office is steering this latest inquiry or whether any of the findings could lead to criminal charges. None of the three individuals identified have issued public statements about the subpoenas.
The investigation revisits one of Washington’s most divisive topics: how U.S. intelligence agencies handled evidence and analysis during the original probe into alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. The 2017 intelligence assessment’s classified version included a summary of the “Steele dossier,” a file compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele containing unverified claims about Trump’s supposed Russian connections. The research had been funded by Democrats.
The dossier’s inclusion in the assessment drew sharp criticism from Trump and his supporters, who viewed it as a politically motivated move to legitimize baseless allegations.
Multiple reviews — among them bipartisan congressional probes and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s lengthy investigation — have confirmed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election through hacking and an orchestrated social media disinformation campaign. However, Mueller’s report stated that while the Trump campaign “welcomed” Moscow’s efforts, investigators “did not establish” that Trump or his aides conspired with Russian agents.
Since reclaiming the presidency, Trump has repeatedly attacked the credibility of the Russia investigations, labeling them politically driven. His administration’s intelligence chiefs — FBI Director Kash Patel, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — have endorsed releasing previously classified materials related to the 2016 probe.
In July, Ratcliffe made public a CIA analysis that cited “tradecraft anomalies” in how the Obama-era intelligence report was compiled. The review faulted the decision to include a summary of the Steele dossier in a classified annex, saying it “implicitly elevated unsubstantiated claims to the status of credible supporting evidence, compromising the analytical integrity of the judgment.”
It is not yet known who else may have been subpoenaed as part of this expanding federal investigation, nor what direction prosecutors intend to pursue as they revisit the origins of one of the most controversial chapters in recent U.S. political history.
{Matzav.com}
Brennan is a bad man. Very bad vibes.
No need for Matzav to censor me.
The Gateway Pundit: NY Times: CIA Built 12 Secret Spy Bases in Ukraine Waging Shadow War Against Russia Since 2014 – John Brennan Caught in the Middle of It
For the last ten years, the CIA have been using Ukraine to build their own military force, outside the scope of US MIL and Executive control.
Using taxpayer dollars, under the guise of foreign aid, the CIA turned Ukraine into a giant forward operating base on Russia’s border.
Ukraine’s military is the Deep State army. Created solely for the purpose of fighting Russia, in the hopes of weakening Russia enough to overthrow Putin, and install their globalist puppet, Navalny. This was their plan. It did not work.