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MAGA fans erupt over 'communist mole' John Brennan's 'unbelievable' MS NOW interview

Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement erupted on Monday after former CIA Director John Brennan gave an interview to MS NOW.

Brennan told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace that there are "legions" of bureaucrats working inside law enforcement agencies who are resisting Trump's calls to prosecute his political enemies. His comments came at a time when the administration is pursuing investigations into people such as former FBI Director James Comey and is considering launching another investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for participating in a video in which Democrats told military members that they don't have to follow illegal orders.

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Ex-CIA chief referred to Trump DOJ for prosecution by Jim Jordan

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Department of Justice on Tuesday, saying Brennan made "knowing and willful" false statements in testimony before Congress in May 2023.

The referral is addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi and alleges that Brennan misled lawmakers over denying the CIA's involvement with the Steele dossier, which contradicted other declassified documents, according to Newsweek. It asks for a prompt review of potential charges.

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Ex-attorney raises red flag over Trump's 'revenge prosecution list' target

President Donald Trump has made his next target for prosecution clear, a former attorney has claimed.

Joyce Vance, who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017, suggested former CIA Director John Brennan could be in the firing line of Trump's legal wrath. Writing in her Substack, Vance considered the reasons why Brennan would be made a prosecution target for Trump, with the former CIA Director incurring the president's wrath.

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Trump DOJ submits — and quickly rescinds — subpoena of president's political foe: report

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice submitted — and then quickly rescinded — a subpoena for one of the president's perceived political foes, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that U.S. prosecutors working to determine whether former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress rescinded a recent subpoena to have Brennan testify before a grand jury. The rescission occurred when Trump removed his former attorney general, Pam Bondi, from her post after she failed to indict several of the president's perceived enemies, such as former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Trump DOJ submits and rescinds subpoena targeting one of his political foes

The Department of Justice rescinded a subpoena for former CIA Director John Brennan to testify before a grand jury regarding allegations he lied to Congress, according to The New York Times.

The rescission followed Trump's removal of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who failed to indict several of President Donald Trump's perceived political enemies, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Trump posts image of Obama in prison jumpsuit: 'Very sick'

Donald Trump posted an image Sunday morning on Truth Social depicting former President Barack Obama and several of his top national security officials dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, in what appears to be a direct threat against a former president and his allies.

The image, styled as a Brady Bunch-style grid of mugshots, showed Obama — labeled "Barack Hussein Obama" — alongside former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former UN Ambassador Samantha Power, former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, and former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, who was labeled 'Ben "Hamas" Rhodes.' The graphic was captioned with, "The Shady Bunch."

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New 'massive conflict of interest' clouds DOJ's 2020 election conspiracy probe

The decision by the Department of Justice to appoint a former Fox News legal analyst to head up an investigation into former federal officials who investigated Donald Trump will present a whole new set of problems for the Trump administration, according to reporting.

Last week it was announced that federal prosecutor Maria Medetis Long was ousted after objecting to pressure to indict former CIA Director John Brennan for what the president and his allies believe was false testimony about Russian involvement.

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Hannity slaps lengthy disclaimer after 90-minute conspiracy-riddled chat with Todd Blanche

Fox News host Sean Hannity ended Tuesday's episode of his podcast, "Hang Out with Sean Hannity," with a disclaimer that some political analysts flagged as "notable."

The 90-minute episode featured an interview with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that spanned several conspiracy theories about alleged Democratic conspiracies to charge President Donald Trump with crimes. The allegations became so caustic that producers felt the need to slap a disclaimer at the end of the video before it was published on YouTube.

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