Calls for criminal prosecution of former CIA Director John Brennan are intensifying following a bombshell report alleging his deep involvement in advancing the 2016 Russiagate hoax. Former CIA officer Bryan Dean Wright accused Brennan of deliberately manipulating the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), which addressed claims that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the election.
Wright claims Brennan pushed to include the discredited Steele dossier in the ICA and played a key role in leaking it to the media before the 2016 election. Brennan retired in 2017 after serving under President Obama and was part of the team tasked with investigating Russian interference. However, a 2023 special counsel concluded any alleged interference was unrelated to Trump’s campaign.
Wright argues that both Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey should face criminal charges. His accusations come shortly after current CIA Director John Ratcliffe released a “Tradecraft Review” of the 2016 ICA, implicating Brennan in a rushed, “chaotic,” and “atypical” process influenced by Obama appointees. Ratcliffe suggested a “potential political motive” behind the dossier leak, emphasizing the review was conducted by career analysts.
Despite Brennan’s 2017 claim that he never read the Steele dossier, former CIA staffers like Wright dispute this, accusing him of dishonesty. Wright also alleges Brennan isolated ICA authors who doubted the dossier’s credibility and circulated the report widely—over 200 officials—to boost the chance of leaks.
Wright concludes, “They tried to destroy not just President Trump, but also the Republic itself… It was their country—not yours—and they were willing to act with their profound powers to destroy a politician they didn’t like.”
