2026年10月16日 美国东部时间下午3:09 / 福克斯新闻网
这位前中情局局长面临两项大陪审团调查，涉及所谓“通俄”调查不当行为及斯蒂尔档案相关指控
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司法部正加大对前中情局局长约翰·布伦南的调查力度
俄亥俄州共和党众议员吉姆·乔丹在《汉尼蒂》节目中谈及联邦当局如何推进对前中情局局长约翰·布伦南的调查。
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一名由拜登任命的法官驳回了前中情局局长约翰·布伦南针对唐纳德·特朗普总统及高级政府官员提起的诉讼，裁定他对可能销毁未来刑事辩护所需证据的担忧过于“推测性”。
此次驳回诉讼之际，布伦南正面临两项联邦调查，其中一项是司法部的调查，内容为前情报官员是否曾通过调查特朗普2016年总统竞选团队与俄罗斯之间的所谓关联，密谋侵犯特朗普的公民权利。
另一项调查则审查布伦南在2023年国会作证期间，就斯蒂尔档案在2017年俄罗斯干预总统大选情报评估中所扮演的角色是否作出虚假陈述。
前中情局局长布伦南被传唤在联邦特朗普共谋案中作证
特朗普曾多次指责布伦南、奥巴马总统及其他前情报官员策划了“通俄骗局”，但他们驳斥了这些指控，称政府试图抹黑有关俄罗斯干预2016年大选的合法情报调查结果。
尽管法官贾·考布称布伦南关于特朗普政府因他反对总统而对其展开打击的指控“令人深感担忧”，但她裁定布伦南没有起诉资格，因为他未能证明官员们很可能销毁与潜在辩护相关的记录，且他所担心的伤害取决于一系列尚未发生的事件。
2017年5月23日，美国前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南在华盛顿国会山众议院常设情报特别委员会作证。（亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社）
“要让布伦南的宪法性伤害实际发生，必须出现一系列连锁反应，而被告删除记录只是其中一环，”考布写道。“对此并无争议：被告在驳回动议中描述了这一连锁反应……布伦南在答辩中也认可了这一点。”
布伦南已被列为两项联邦调查的目标，涉及三次大陪审团质询——两次在佛罗里达州南区，一次在华盛顿特区——但他尚未被指控犯罪。这位前中情局局长原定于10月15日在佛罗里达州皮尔斯堡的联邦大陪审团作证，但他的出庭安排已被推迟。
布伦南于2026年7月1日提起诉讼，将特朗普、联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔、司法部长托德·布兰奇、中情局局长约翰·拉特克利夫及其他官员列为被告。这份长达46页的诉状指控司法部对布伦南的调查存在“前所未有的不当行为”，这是由“总统的报复议程”驱动的。
删除的邮件详情显示特朗普目标定位行动在李蒂夏·詹姆斯办公室内部推进：‘找出并追究刑事责任’
2013年1月7日，美国前总统巴拉克·奥巴马与前中情局局长约翰·布伦南在华盛顿白宫东厅。（马克·威尔逊/盖蒂图片社）
布伦南辩称，关键证据可能在他有机会挑战任何未来起诉前就被销毁。他提到了已删除的社交媒体帖子、政府使用Signal及其他具有自动删除功能的通讯工具、未保存的短信和私信、人工智能查询、微软Teams聊天记录，以及其他案件中据称未能保存证据材料的情况，包括对新泽西州民主党众议员拉莫妮卡·麦基弗的起诉。他表示，这些记录的丢失可能会更难确定调查是基于合法的执法关切，还是政治报复。
“通过此次诉讼，布伦南局长已发出通知，若未来遭遇任何起诉，政府的行为及其文件保存情况将受到严格审查。布伦南局长将继续积极为自己辩护，应对这些毫无根据的调查，并将挑战任何利用刑事司法系统进行个人和政治报复的企图，”布伦南的律师肯·温斯坦和丹·格尔伯告诉美联社。
诉讼还指出了司法部在调查处理过程中存在的不当之处。
诉状援引了资深司法部检察官玛丽亚·梅蒂斯·朗被调离的事件，据报道，她在2026年4月因对案件证据力度表示怀疑而被撤出布伦南调查案，这被作为所谓不当行为的证据。她的继任者是特朗普的盟友约瑟夫·迪杰诺瓦，后者后来因在案件处理上的内部分歧而辞去了监督调查的职务。
2025年8月7日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫东厅的紫心勋章日活动上发表讲话。（埃里克·李/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
特朗普表示将提名代理司法部长托德·布兰奇永久领导司法部
布伦南的律师指责司法部“挑选法官”，试图将大陪审团程序引导至佛罗里达州皮尔斯堡的特朗普任命法官艾琳·坎农处，而非允许案件通过法院正常的分配程序推进。他们还质疑，为何大部分指控发生在华盛顿特区，检察官却要在佛罗里达州推进调查。
诉状还指控司法部和联邦调查局领导人不当公开调查细节，引发了官员是否披露了本应保密的信息的质疑。诉状援引了司法部长托德·布兰奇的声明，称司法部已发出“200张大陪审团传票”，正在调查旨在“摧毁”特朗普的“行为模式”，以及联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔公开讨论调查及其目标的行为。
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Biden judge rejects Obama CIA chief’s legal bid against Trump over one key problem
October 16, 2026 3:09pm EDT / Fox News
The former CIA director faces grand jury probes into alleged Russia collusion inquiry misconduct and Steele dossier claims
By Elaine Mallon
DOJ stepping up investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan
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A Biden-appointed judge dismissed former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump and senior administration officials, ruling that his concerns about the potential destruction of evidence needed for a future criminal defense were too “speculative.”
The dismissal comes as Brennan faces two federal investigations, including a Justice Department probe into whether former intelligence officials conspired to violate Trump’s civil rights through investigations into alleged ties between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.
A separate investigation is examining whether Brennan made false statements during 2023 congressional testimony about the Steele dossier’s role in a 2017 intelligence assessment of Russian interference in the presidential election.
FORMER CIA DIRECTOR BRENNAN SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY IN FEDERAL TRUMP CONSPIRACY CASE
Trump has repeatedly accused Brennan, President Barack Obama and other former intelligence officials of orchestrating the “Russia collusion hoax,” but they have rejected those accusations, claiming that the administration is attempting to discredit legitimate intelligence findings about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
While Judge Jia Cobb called Brennan’s allegations that the Trump administration was targeting him for opposing the president “deeply concerning,” she ruled that he lacked standing to sue because he had not shown that officials were likely destroying records relevant to a potential defense, and the injury he feared depended on a series of events that had not yet occurred.
Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill May 23, 2017, in Washington, D.C.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“For Brennan’s constitutional injury to actually accrue, a series of dominoes must fall, and Defendants’ deletion of records is just one of those dominoes,” Cobb wrote. “There is no dispute about this: Defendants describe this domino chain in their motion to dismiss…and Brennan accepts it in his response.”
Brennan has been identified as a target in two federal investigations that have involved three grand jury inquiries — two in the Southern District of Florida and one in Washington, D.C. — but he has not been charged with a crime. The former CIA director was subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Oct. 15, though his scheduled appearance was postponed.
Brennan filed his lawsuit naming Trump, FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and other officials on July 1, 2026. The 46-page lawsuit, accused the Justice Department of handling its investigation into Brennan with “unprecedented, irregular conduct” that was driven by the “president’s retribution agenda.”
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Former President Barack Obama and former CIA director John Brennan in the East Room at the White House Jan. 7, 2013, in Washington, D.C.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Brennan argued that key evidence could disappear before he had a chance to challenge any future indictment. He pointed to deleted social-media posts, the administration’s use of Signal and other messaging tools with auto-delete features, unpreserved texts and direct messages, AI queries, Microsoft Teams chats, and alleged failures to preserve discovery in other cases, including the prosecution of Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J. He said the loss of those records could make it harder to determine whether the investigations were based on legitimate law enforcement concerns or political retaliation.
“With this lawsuit, Director Brennan has served notice that the government’s conduct and its document preservation will be carefully scrutinized in the event of any future indictment. Director Brennan will continue to vigorously defend himself against these baseless investigations, and he will challenge any attempt to use the criminal justice system for personal and political retribution,” Brennan’s lawyers, Ken Wainstein and Dan Gelber told the AP.
The lawsuit also pointed to what it described as irregularities in the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation.
It cited the removal of longtime DOJ prosecutor Maria Medetis Long, who was reportedly taken off the Brennan investigation in April 2026 after expressing doubts about the strength of the case, as evidence of what it described as irregular conduct. She was replaced by Trump ally Joseph diGenova, who later resigned from his role overseeing the investigation amid reported internal disagreements over the handling of the case.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Purple Heart Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2025(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Brennan’s attorneys accused the Justice Department of “judge-shopping” by trying to steer grand jury proceedings toward Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce, Florida, rather than allowing the case to proceed through the court’s normal assignment process. They also questioned why prosecutors were pursuing the investigation in Florida when much of the allegations occurred in Washington, D.C.
The complaint also accused DOJ and FBI leaders of improperly discussing details of the investigations publicly, raising questions about whether officials disclosed information that should have remained confidential.It cited Attorney General Todd Blanche’s statements that DOJ had issued “200 grand jury subpoenas” and was investigating a “pattern of behavior” to “destroy” Trump, as well as FBI Director Kash Patel’s public discussion of the investigations and their targets.
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Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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