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DOJ Drops Brennan Subpoenas, Seeks Voluntary Talks

Did Brennan commit a federal crime by lying to Congress or is this probe a politically motivated operation lacking evidence?

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DOJ Drops Brennan Subpoenas, Seeks Voluntary Talks

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Above: Former Director of the CIA John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017. Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Spin

Republican narrative

Declassified documents conclusively prove that Brennan lied to Congress multiple times about the CIA's role in pushing the discredited Steele dossier into the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment. Brennan personally overruled CIA officers who flagged the dossier's flaws, put his support in writing, yet told Congress the CIA was "very much opposed" to including it. That's not a misremembering — that's a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans

Democratic narrative

The DOJ's Brennan subpoenas collapsed almost immediately after being issued, exposing an investigation that prosecutors have flagged as lacking evidence and driven by political pressure. No doubt the DOJ's removal of the veteran prosecutor overseeing the case contributed to this, leaving an inexperienced replacement to fumble the rollout of a politically motivated operation that can't even get its own paperwork straight.

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