"Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, said Brennan helped push bogus claims that Russia aspired to help Trump win the 2016 election, based in part on the Steele Dossier. The Federalist was the first outlet to report the committee's criminal referral on Tuesday. Brennan, according to the letter, lied several times when testifying before the Judiciary Committee in May 2023. That included saying he was not involved in analyzing the dossier at all, and that he had not seen the dossier until after the 2016 election."
"Jordan said that is false, and that the CIA was not only involved in pushing for the unfounded dossier claims to be included in a 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), but that Brennan, as The Federalist put it, overrode the objections of CIA officials concerned about its inclusion in the assessment due to its lack of substantiation. Making false statements before Congress, Jordan wrote, is a crime that undermines the integrity of the Committee's constitutional duty to conduct oversight."
"Later in his letter, Jordan said recently declassified documents from National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard show Brennan teamed up with another Trump enemy, ex-FBI Director James Comey, to try and make Trump look like he colluded with Russia. Brennan's assertion that the CIA was not involved at all' with the Steele dossier cannot be reconciled with the facts, the letter said. As the newly declassified documents show, a CIA officer drafted the annex containing a summary of the dossier; Brennan made the ultimate decision, along with then-FBI Director James Comey, to include information from the dossier in"
The House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution for allegedly making willful and intentional false statements to Congress regarding the Steele dossier and CIA involvement. The referral asserts Brennan lied during May 2023 testimony by denying involvement in analyzing the dossier and claiming he had not seen it until after the 2016 election. Declassified documents indicate a CIA officer drafted an annex summarizing the dossier and that Brennan and then-FBI Director James Comey decided to include dossier material in a 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment despite CIA officials' objections about lack of substantiation. The referral states that making false statements before Congress undermines oversight.
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