Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Accused of Lying to Congress About Steele Dossier

Allegations Against John Brennan

• 🏛️ House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for allegedly making false statements to Congress.
• 🤥 Jordan accuses Brennan of lying in his 2023 testimony by denying the CIA used the Steele dossier and opposing its inclusion in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference.
• 📄 Newly declassified documents reportedly show a CIA officer drafted the annex summarizing the dossier, and Brennan made the decision with then-FBI director James Comey to include it.
• ⚠️ Brennan is also accused of overruling senior CIA officers who objected to the dossier material, which is now known to be largely untrue.

Steele Dossier and "Lawfare"

• 🔍 Brennan is described as the one who most successfully laundered the Steele dossier, making it the backbone of the Russia investigation.
• disinformation The Steele dossier is characterized as mostly Russian disinformation and easily falsified.
• ⚖️ The referral is framed within the context of "lawfare" against Donald Trump, where actions historically not considered crimes, like a hush money payment, are now being pursued as perjury.

Public Frustration and Political Theater

• 😠 There is a sentiment that political theater and lying at the top are irritating hard-working people in small towns.
• ❓ The current climate leads to questions of what can be believed anymore, causing frustration.
• 📢 The accusations against Brennan are seen as potentially worse than those against James Comey, with a stronger paper trail showing Brennan's involvement.
• 🛰️ The inclusion of the dossier in the assessment is linked to the domestic surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016.