The Justice Department has selected Joseph DiGenova, who previously represented President Trump in challenges to the 2020 election, to take over the criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan.
DiGenova’s appointment follows the removal of prosecutor Maria Medetis Long and places him in a senior advisory role to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, overseeing the case out of the Southern District of Florida, which is U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s district. A former law clerk to Judge Cannon during the classified documents probe, prosecutor Chris DeLorenz, has also joined the case.
The investigation stems from a referral issued last October by the House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan, alleging Brennan provided false testimony to Congress regarding the CIA’s role in shaping the intelligence assessment on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election, including claims tied to the now-discredited Steele dossier.
