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FBI interviewing CIA officers in Brennan investigation

Nbcwashington · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 547 words · By Dan De Luce; Ryan J Reilly; NBC News
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What to know about FBI interviewing CIA officers in Brennan investigation

The FBI is conducting interviews with current and former CIA officers as part of an investigation into ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s role in an intelligence assessment that found Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a…

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What happened

The FBI is conducting interviews with current and former CIA officers as part of an investigation into ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s role in an intelligence assessment that found Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a…

Why it matters

FBI agents began questioning employees last week at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the person said.

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Claim 1: “Earlier this year, a federal grand jury rejected an attempt to indict six sitting members of Congress over a social media post that called upon members of the military and intelligence communities not to obey unlawful orders.”
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Claim 2: “The FBI is conducting interviews with current and former CIA officers as part of an investigation into ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s role in an intelligence assessment that found Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election”
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Multiple independent sources (Fox News, Alex Jones Live/Reuters, and another news report) confirm that the FBI is interviewing current and former CIA officers regarding John Brennan's role in the 2017 intelligence assessment.
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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI has reportedly begun questioning current and former CIA officials as part of a Justice Department probe into former CIA Director John Brennan and his role in the intelligence community’s 2017 …
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-questioning-current-for…
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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI started interviewing current and former CIA employees last week as part of the investigation into Brennan. Additional interviews will be taking place in the coming weeks, according to several …
https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/05/12/ex-cia-director-bre…
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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI is conducting interviews with current and former CIA officers as part of an investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-inter…
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Claim 3: “FBI agents began questioning employees last week at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia”
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The claim that FBI agents began questioning employees last week at CIA headquarters in Langley is supported by the report 'FBI interviewing CIA officers in Brennan investigation' and corroborated by the general location of CIA headquarters in Wikipedia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Central Intelligence Agency. United States Intelligence Community (CIA Headquarters: George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Virginia).Intelligence agency headquarters in the United States. Monu…
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web search NEUTRAL — The FBI is conducting interviews with current and former CIA officers as part of an investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan.FBI agents began questioning employees last week at CIA headquarters…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-inter…
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web search NEUTRAL — The presence of a suspect with a gun and possible shots fired near CIA headquarters has been reported on Twitter. Local law enforcement authorities are en ro...
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Claim 4: “A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation in 2020 concluded that the intelligence assessment about Russia’s election influence efforts was accurate.”
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Claim 5: “Brennan has said he opposed including the dossier, but was overruled by the FBI director at the time, James Comey.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Bible verses and real estate), providing no information regarding James Comey or John Brennan's disagreement over the dossier.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1931, we are a Pacific Northwest-based company that has been nationally recognized as one of the most productive brands in the nation. With innovation and success, John L. Scott has been he…
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web search NEUTRAL — Read the Book of John online. Scripture chapters and verses with full summary, commentary meaning, and concordances for Bible study.
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Claim 6: “The Senate investigation, which spanned three years, involved more than 200 witnesses and reviewed more than a million documents”
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Claim 7: “The Senate investigation... endorsed the intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia had spread disinformation online and leaked stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee to undermine Clinton’s candidacy and bolster Trump’s prospects.”
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Claim 8: “The former CIA director’s attorneys said in a December letter that they were advised by prosecutors from the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida that Brennan is a target of a grand jury investigation in connection with the intelligence community assessment about Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Brennan's attorneys stated in a December letter that he is a target of a grand jury investigation in the Southern District of Florida.
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web search NEUTRAL — John Brennan, former CIA director, in Washington, D.C.NBC.The former CIA director’s attorneys said in a December letter that they were advised by prosecutors from the office of the U.S. attorney for t…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-inter…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brennan identified as grand jury target. The investigation appears to be moving toward potential criminal proceedings. Lawyers for Brennan revealed in December that prosecutors had informed them he is…
https://news.meaww.com/doj-intensifies-investigation-into-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — John Brennan is the “target” of the grand jury Russiagate probe in South Florida. Last July, it was reported that former FBI Director James Comey and John Brennan were under FBI investigation over the…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/john-brennan-admits…
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Claim 9: “Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, previously referred Brennan to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on allegations that Brennan made false testimony in 2023 in connection with the Russia investigation.”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia and government pages about the House of Representatives and does not mention Jim Jordan's specific referral of John Brennan to the Justice Department.
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web search NEUTRAL — The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District …
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web search NEUTRAL — Not sure of your congressional district or who your member is? This service will assist you by matching your ZIP code to your congressional district, with links to your member's website and contact pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find your member on a list to view their contact information.
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Claim 10: “The interviews appeared to focus solely on Brennan and his statements to Congress, and the decision to include an unverified dossier about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia in a 2017 intelligence assessment about Moscow’s election meddling”
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The focus of the interviews on Brennan's congressional statements and the inclusion of the unverified dossier is explicitly mentioned in the 'FBI interviewing CIA officers in Brennan investigation' report and supported by the Fox News report regarding the 2017 assessment.
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web search NEUTRAL — The interviews appeared to focus solely on Brennan and his statements to Congress, and the decision to include an unverified dossier about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia in a 2017 int…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-inter…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brennan has stated that the classified annex was included as part of a compromise requested by the FBI. The Justice Department has reportedly moved beyond voluntary interviews and has begun issuing fo…
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/FBI-Questions-Cu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former CIA Director John Brennan is reportedly a subject of an FBI investigation into the intelligence community's 2017 assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-questioning-current-for…
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Claim 11: “Reuters first reported on the FBI interviews.”
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While the Alex Jones Live result mentions sources who spoke with Reuters, the provided evidence does not independently confirm that Reuters was the *first* to report it, only that they were a source of the information.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reuters (/ ˈrɔɪtərz / ⓘ ROY-tərz) is a British news agency wholly owned by Thomson Reuters, a multinational information conglomerate. [4][5] It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalist…
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 hours ago · Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the power of Reuters: Supercharge your content output with breaking news and multimedia content from 2,600 journalists across 165 countries.
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Claim 12: “A special counsel Trump appointed in his first term, John Durham, reported finding no criminal conspiracy among Obama administration officials to fabricate intelligence about Russia’s operations and filed no charges against the CIA officers who oversaw the 2017 assessment.”
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Claim 13: “Brennan was head of the CIA from 2013 to 2017.”
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Claim 14: “Brennan’s lawyers have denied Jordan’s allegations.”
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The provided evidence for this claim is irrelevant (Bible verses and real estate), providing no information about Brennan's lawyers.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a w…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=…
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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1931, we are a Pacific Northwest-based company that has been nationally recognized as one of the most productive brands in the nation. With innovation and success, John L. Scott has been he…
https://www.johnlscott.com/home
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web search NEUTRAL — Read the Book of John online. Scripture chapters and verses with full summary, commentary meaning, and concordances for Bible study.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/john/
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Claim 15: “Trump’s current secretary of state, Marco Rubio, was the acting chair of the Intelligence Committee at the time. He and every other member of the committee, both Republicans and Democrats, backed the report’s findings.”
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