"A Maga loyalist US attorney in Miami is expanding an investigation of ex-FBI and intelligence officials who incurred Donald's Trump's wrath with an inquiry into how Russia helped him win in 2016, despite the US justice department suffering stinging recent court rejections of indictments of two foes of the US president. Former prosecutors and legal experts call the Miami-based inquiry, which has issued some two dozen subpoenas so far, a fishing expedition."
"Among others, subpoenas have reportedly gone to ex-CIA director John Brennan, who led the 2016 Russia inquiry, James Clapper, the ex-director of national intelligence, Peter Strzok, a former FBI counter-intelligence agent who helped lead the Russia inquiry, and Lisa Page, an ex-FBI lawyer. Concerns about the Miami investigation's direction and tactics, which initially seemed aimed at Brennan, has prompted two young prosecutors who were assigned to the inquiry to resign, according to multiple reports."
"Former DoJ inspector general Michael Bromwich, who represents Andrew McCabe, the former No 2 at the FBI in 2016 who has been subpoenaed, is scathing in assessing the Miami inquiry. There is simply no factual basis for this investigation. It violates both DoJ and FBI standards that require a factual predicate. It is a fishing expedition where it has been clearly established by two prior independent"
Jason Reding Quinones, a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Miami aligned with MAGA allies, has expanded a probe into former FBI and intelligence officials over Russia's role in the 2016 election. The inquiry has issued roughly two dozen subpoenas and accelerated with new prosecutors and a flurry of November subpoenas. Targets reportedly include John Brennan, James Clapper, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and Andrew McCabe. Former prosecutors and legal experts have characterized the inquiry as a fishing expedition. Two assigned young prosecutors resigned amid concerns about direction and tactics. Former DOJ inspector general Michael Bromwich called the investigation baseless and a violation of DOJ and FBI standards.
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