The U.S. Department of Justice has issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation examining the creation of the U.S. intelligence community’s 2017 assessment on alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, according to AP, citing people familiar with the matter.
An initial round of subpoenas sought documents tied to the preparation of a U.S. intelligence community assessment released in January 2017. The latest subpoenas expand the request to include records from the years since the report’s publication.
Former intelligence and law enforcement officials have received subpoenas, and lawyers for former John Brennan said he has been informed he is a target, though they say they have not been told the legal basis for the investigation.
The investigation follows a declassified review released by John Ratcliffe that identified procedural concerns with the intelligence assessment released in the final days of the Obama administration, including the inclusion of a summary of the Steele dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.
Brennan’s attorneys have questioned the basis for the probe in a letter to the chief judge of the Southern District of Florida.
