The House Judiciary Committee has referred former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential criminal prosecution. The referral alleges that Brennan knowingly provided false statements during his May 11, 2023, testimony before the committee regarding the Russia collusion investigation.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) outlined evidence suggesting Brennan lied about the CIA’s role in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), which falsely claimed Russia favored Donald J. Trump in the 2016 election. Jordan emphasized that the ICA’s conclusions, later debunked, relied in part on the Steele dossier, a document funded by the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee (DNC) through intermediaries like Perkins Coie and Fusion GPS.
The letter highlighted discrepancies between Brennan’s testimony and records showing he had advocated for including the Steele dossier in the ICA. Jordan stated that Brennan’s statements undermined the committee’s constitutional duty to conduct oversight, calling his testimony a “brazen attempt to knowingly and willfully testify falsely.”
