Federal prosecutors investigating the weaponization of intelligence and law enforcement against President Trump have made a rare and confidential request to the U.S. Senate for records related to former CIA Director John Brennan, signaling scrutiny of his testimony dating back to the Russia collusion narrative.
The request, initiated by U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones’ office in Miami, was formalized last week and seeks Senate documents, transcripts, and testimony tied to Brennan’s briefings and statements. Senate counsel and prosecutors are negotiating how to transfer the materials, some of which remain classified and stored in secure facilities.
The request to the Senate suggests prosecutors may be exploring a broader conspiracy stretching back nearly a decade, including testimony Brennan provided in 2017 and 2018, dates beyond the standard statute of limitations.
The inquiry follows a criminal referral issued last year by the House Judiciary Committee alleging Brennan gave false testimony in 2023 regarding his role in incorporating the discredited Steele dossier into the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, which examined alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. Lawmakers argued Brennan falsely denied pushing to include the dossier in the assessment.
