CIA director could end up in jail for making up these lies about Donald Trump
Trump has been hit with blows from all over. But now the shoe is on the other foot.
Because this CIA director could end up in jail for making up these lies about Donald Trump.
Exposing Deceptions: John Brennan’s Questionable Conduct in the Trump-Russia Saga
A recently declassified internal review by seasoned CIA career professionals has reignited scrutiny of former Obama CIA Director John Brennan, raising the possibility that he may face perjury charges due to inconsistencies between his sworn testimony and newly uncovered evidence.
The review focuses on the mishandling of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), commissioned by President Barack Obama, which alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to aid Donald Trump.
This bombshell report reveals how Brennan’s actions, particularly his insistence on incorporating the discredited Steele dossier, may have deliberately skewed the narrative against Trump, casting doubt on the integrity of the assessment and fueling a renewed defense of the president’s unfairly maligned 2016 victory.
Forcing a Flawed Document: Brennan’s Dossier Crusade Over Expert Objections
The CIA’s internal review uncovers a troubling episode where Brennan, despite warnings from the agency’s most experienced Russia experts, demanded the inclusion of the Steele dossier—a now-infamous piece of opposition research funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign.
This document, riddled with unverified and salacious claims, such as the debunked story of Trump engaging in scandalous behavior in a Moscow hotel, was deemed by the CIA’s top Russia analysts to fall far short of basic tradecraft standards.
In a December 29, 2016, email, then-CIA Deputy Director for Analysis David Cohen explicitly cautioned Brennan that including the dossier risked undermining “the credibility of the entire paper.”
Undeterred, Brennan formalized his stance in writing, declaring, “My bottom line is that I believe that the information warrants inclusion in the report.”
The review notes that Brennan appeared more influenced by the dossier’s alignment with existing anti-Trump theories than by legitimate intelligence concerns, a decision that not only compromised the ICA’s credibility but also lent unwarranted legitimacy to a document later found by Special Counsel John Durham’s 2023 report to lack any corroborated allegations.
Undermining a Presidency: Brennan’s Bias and Its Lasting Impact
The CIA review further reveals that Brennan, alongside former FBI Director James Comey, aggressively pushed to integrate the Steele dossier into the ICA, with references appearing not only in an annex but also as a key supporting point in the main body of the report.
This placement falsely elevated the dossier’s baseless claims, suggesting Russian President Vladimir Putin “aspired” to help Trump win, thus providing a foundation for the Trump-Russia collusion narrative that plagued Trump’s first term.
The review sharply criticizes this move as running “counter to fundamental tradecraft principles,” noting that it “implicitly elevated unsubstantiated claims to the status of credible supporting evidence, compromising the analytical integrity of the judgment.”
Despite Brennan’s 2017 congressional testimony, where he claimed under oath that the dossier “wasn’t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had” and “was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community Assessment,” the evidence now contradicts his statements.
His actions, coupled with his public anti-Trump rhetoric and role as an MSNBC contributor, suggest a deliberate effort to promote a flawed narrative that triggered Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which cast a shadow over Trump’s presidency.
