FBI Reportedly Launches Criminal Investigations into James Comey and John Brennan
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The FBI has reportedly opened criminal investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan, Fox News reported on Tuesday night.
Sources at the Department of Justice told Fox News that the two men are being investigated in connection with a previous probe centering on potential connections between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.
Fox reported:
Former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey are under criminal investigation for potential wrongdoing related to the Trump–Russia probe, including allegedly making false statements to Congress, Justice Department sources told Fox News Digital.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred evidence of wrongdoing by Brennan to FBI Director Kash Patel for potential prosecution, DOJ sources told Fox News Digital.
The sources said that the referral was received and told Fox News Digital that a criminal investigation into Brennan was opened and is underway. DOJ sources declined to provide further details. It is unclear, at this point, if the investigation spans beyond his alleged false statements to Congress.
As for Comey, DOJ sources told Fox News Digital that an investigation into the former director is underway, but could not share details of what specifically is being probed.
Neither Brennan nor Comey responded to Fox News for comment.
Trump fired Comey in 2017 after the president reportedly demanded “loyalty” from the director. In May, Comey made news by posting a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to say “86 47.” Some conservatives insisted that “86,” which restaurant and bar workers understand to mean ejecting a patron out of an establishment, was a call for the death of the 47th president. Comey denied that he meant Trump any harm.
