Brennan subpoenaed for Oct. 15 Florida grand jury in Trump civil-rights probe
NEW · Mon. ~4:05 p.m. EDT
Ken Wainstein, an attorney for former CIA Director John Brennan, disclosed in a Monday court filing that prosecutors served a subpoena last Thursday for Brennan to testify Oct. 15 before a federal grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida. Counsel said the appearance relates to a Justice Department inquiry into whether former law-enforcement and intelligence officials who investigated Trump — including over 2016 Russia interference and Mar-a-Lago classified documents — conspired to deprive him of civil rights. The subpoena was served the same day Joe diGenova, who had been leading the Florida effort, resigned; Brennan remains a target in a separate Washington inquiry over 2023 congressional testimony, which he denies lying about.
CIA Original Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia. File photograph; not from Monday’s Fort Pierce disclosure.
CIA photo / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Center-left view
ABC News’s Monday AP write-through, PBS NewsHour’s same wire, and NBC 6 South Florida’s Fort Pierce brief cast the Oct. 15 subpoena as part of a loosely defined “grand conspiracy” theory after diGenova’s abrupt resignation — Brennan’s filing seeks record preservation to fight any indictment as vindictive prosecution, notes he remains a target in a separate D.C. false-statements probe he denies, and lands amid questions about White House and DOJ frustration with the Florida investigation’s pace.
Sources: ABC News / AP · PBS NewsHour · NBC 6 South Florida
Center-right view
Fox News’s Monday disclosure, The Washington Times’s grand-jury write-through, and American Faith’s court-filing summary cast the Fort Pierce subpoena as the Florida probe pressing ahead after diGenova’s exit — prosecutors told Brennan’s counsel the inquiry covers “issues at Mar-a-Lago and beyond” into alleged civil-rights violations against Trump, Kurt Olsen fielded follow-up calls for the team, and Fox noted Brennan also remains a target in the separate Washington case while his D.C. records lawsuit proceeds.
Sources: Fox News · Washington Times · American Faith