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NEW: Durham has asked the CIA for John Brennans communicationsrecords and wants to compare his private discussions with public comments
on the Steele dossier and on the intel assessment about Russian interference
Link to tweet
John H. Durham, the United States attorney leading the investigation, has requested Mr. Brennans emails, call logs and other documents from the C.I.A., according to a person briefed on his inquiry. He wants to learn what Mr. Brennan told other officials, including the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, about his and the C.I.A.s views of a notorious dossier of assertions about Russia and Trump associates.
Mr. Durhams pursuit of Mr. Brennans records is certain to add to accusations that Mr. Trump is using the Justice Department to go after his perceived enemies. The president has long attacked Mr. Brennan as part of his narrative about a so-called deep state cabal of Obama administration officials who tried to sabotage his campaign, and Mr. Trump has held out Mr. Durhams investigation as a potential avenue for proving those claims.
Mr. Durham is also examining whether Mr. Brennan privately contradicted his public comments, including May 2017 testimony to Congress, about both the dossier and about any debate among the intelligence agencies over their conclusions on Russias interference, the people said.
Jfc
C_U_L8R
(49,531 posts)and Trump is his little mushroom worked up for retribution. He's such a pathetic idiot.
pwb
(12,802 posts)Trump turned it around and said they were listening to him. They were listening to Russia and guess who they talked to a lot? Trump people.
2naSalit
(103,809 posts)and refuse to cooperate.
triron
(22,240 posts)spanone
(142,059 posts)that's what dictators do
OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)triron
(22,240 posts)OhNo-Really
(3,996 posts)If this roque administration isnt stopped, watching Brennan etc deep dive investigated might inspire a head to expose whistleblower to get on good side.
It also could intimidate counterintelligence investigating 2020 election interference.
Barr has free rein. The zealots want to please.
We are sitting ducks if the Senate gives T a pass.
All heads of all Military branches have been replaced since July 2019.
roamer65
(37,974 posts)
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