参议院司法委员会主席查克·格拉斯利称史密斯关于从未见过约翰·布伦南的说法“至少可以说是高度回避且具有误导性”
2026年10月7日 美国东部时间早上5:30 / 福克斯新闻
作者：亚历克·舍梅尔 福克斯新闻
杰克·史密斯是“投机钻营者”：参议员约翰·肯尼迪
路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪做客福克斯新闻联合主播约翰·罗伯茨的《美国报道》节目，讨论参议院司法委员会就前特别检察官杰克·史密斯相关事宜举行的听证会。共和党议员就史密斯在调查唐纳德·特朗普总统过程中被指存在政治越界行为一事向其施压。肯尼迪对联邦调查局关于海湖庄园机密文件的通讯记录提出担忧，并质疑联邦起诉的客观性。
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前特别检察官杰克·史密斯在被问及布伦南是否在其任职期间提供过咨询或指导时，对议员们表示自己“从未见过”前中央情报局局长、特朗普的直言不讳的批评者约翰·布伦南。但白宫周一刚解密的文件显示，史密斯团队的成员在准备针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的机密文件案件期间曾与布伦南会面。
这一关于布伦南与史密斯特别检察官团队会面的披露，为共和党对史密斯调查特朗普事件的更广泛审视增添了新的波折。此前共和党已就史密斯的调查提出政治偏见、越界行为和其他调查失误等指控。
“杰克·史密斯是拜登政府将特朗普送进监狱的工具，”哈佛大学法学院教授、前特朗普弹劾顾问艾伦·德肖维茨说道。他在2025年为《华尔街日报》撰写的一篇专栏文章中，将史密斯的工作描述为“打破规则、欺骗法庭、全程不诚信的党派武器”。另一位批评者、调查记者约翰·所罗门近日将这些调查称为“利用美国政府资源阻止唐纳德·特朗普当选的十年阴谋”中的一部分。
重磅新报道让杰克·史密斯再次陷入困境，吉姆·乔丹指控其试图“干预”2024年大选
2026年1月22日，美国前特别检察官杰克·史密斯在华盛顿国会山雷伯恩众议院办公楼向众议院司法委员会作证，介绍其对唐纳德·特朗普总统的调查。（索尔·勒布 / 法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
根据白宫周一解密的文件，史密斯手下的两名助理特别检察官曾与联邦调查局特工于2023年11月在弗吉尼亚州麦克莱恩的中央情报局总部与布伦南会面。此次会面是“为即将到来的庭审讨论针对国家防御信息的专家证词”，这表明检察官们正在考虑利用这位前中情局局长的国家安全专业知识来准备对特朗普的案件。
与此同时，史密斯上周出席了参议院司法委员会听证会，这是共和党主导的委员会对其调查特朗普事件进行监督的一部分。听证会上，共和党议员就史密斯在“北极霜2020”大选调查和被称为“等离子回声”的机密文件案件中被指存在政治偏见、调查越界和行为失当的指控向其施压。
参议院司法委员会主席、爱荷华州共和党人查克·格拉斯利尤其向史密斯提问，询问他是否曾从布伦南那里获得“咨询或指导”，包括在他担任特别检察官期间。
前中情局局长被指控策划“俄罗斯骗局”，起诉特朗普政府“报复性起诉”
爱荷华州共和党参议员、参议院司法委员会主席查克·格拉斯利在2025年9月16日华盛顿的一场听证会上发言。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博新闻社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
“你是否曾在担任特别检察官期间或其他任何时候，收到过前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南的任何咨询或指导？如果有，是在何时，出于何种目的？”格拉斯利问道。
“我从未见过约翰·布伦南，”史密斯回应道。
前中情局局长布伦南被传唤在联邦特朗普共谋案中作证
然而，格拉斯利的问题范围比史密斯是否亲自见过布伦南更广，新解密的文件显示，直接为史密斯工作的检察官在准备针对特朗普的政府案件期间曾与这位前中情局局长会面。
“此次会面发生在杰克·史密斯担任特别检察官期间，属于约翰·布伦南向史密斯及其团队提供的‘咨询或指导’，”格拉斯利在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。“史密斯在参议院司法委员会的回应至少可以说是高度回避且具有误导性。”
听证会期间，格拉斯利后来再次提及该问题，询问史密斯是否曾与布伦南交谈过。
“我不记得曾与约翰·布伦南有过任何交谈，”史密斯回应道。
联邦调查局在司法部对约翰·布伦南在俄罗斯评估中所起作用的调查中，询问现任和前任中情局官员
一张图片显示前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南站在中央情报局徽章前。（威廉·普洛曼/NBC/NBC新闻社/NBC环球通过盖蒂图片社拍摄；索尔·勒布/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
除了概述2023年布伦南会面的备忘录外，解密文件还包括两页带有中央情报局总部抬头的笔记，布伦南名字下方的文字被政府审查涂黑，其余划线页面均为空白。
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布伦南在史密斯的机密文件案件所涉时期并未担任中情局局长，且公布的记录并未表明他对特朗普所谓处理文件的情况有第一手了解。
杰克·史密斯的特朗普调查波及福克斯新闻及其他媒体通讯，调查范围超出议员范畴
格拉斯利以及其他共和党议员和批评者指责这位前特别检察官存在调查越界和政治偏见，包括指出记录显示他的“北极霜”调查获取了数千名特朗普捐赠者的财务信息以及共和党议员的通话记录等其他调查步骤。格拉斯利还单独对史密斯机密文件起诉的起源和实施方式提出了质疑。
与此同时，史密斯否认其调查存在政治动机的指控，并坚称其决策基于证据，同时为其团队中检察官和调查人员的工作辩护。
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福克斯新闻数字频道联系了史密斯的律师以征求其对布伦南会面事件的置评，同时也联系了司法部，但未收到回复。
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩大都会区。
Ex-Obama spy chief prepped for anti-Trump trial by Biden-era special counsel’s team, new records reveal
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley described Smith’s claim about never meeting John Brennan as ‘highly evasive and misleading, at minimum’
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Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers he had “never met” former CIA director and vocal Trump critic John Brennan when pressed about whether Brennan provided consultation or counsel during his tenure, but records just declassified by the White House reveal members of Smith’s team met with Brennan while preparing the classified-documents case against President Donald Trump.
The revelation about Brennan’s meeting with special counsel Smith’s team adds another wrinkle to Republicans’ broader scrutiny of Smith’s investigations into Trump, which has included claims of political bias, overreach and other investigative missteps.
“Jack Smith was a tool of the Biden administration to put Trump in prison,” said Harvard Law professor and former Trump impeachment counsel, Alan Dershowitz, who described Smith’s work as “a partisan weapon that broke the rules, lied to the court and engaged in bad faith throughout” in a 2025 op-ed for The Wall Street Journal. Another critic, investigative reporter John Solomon, recently described the probes as among a “10-year conspiracy to stop Donald Trump using the resources of the United States government.”
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Former U.S. special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2026.(SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
Two assistant special counsels working under Smith joined FBI agents for a November 2023 meeting with Brennan at CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, according to documents that were declassified Monday by the White House. The meeting was held “to discuss expert testimony to National Defense Information in the forthcoming trial,” indicating prosecutors were exploring the possibility of using the former CIA chief’s national security expertise as they prepared their case against Trump.
Meanwhile, Smith appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week as part of the Republican-led panel’s oversight of his investigations into Trump. During the hearing, GOP lawmakers pressed Smith over allegations of political bias, investigative overreach and misconduct in both the Arctic Frost 2020 election probe and his classified-documents case known as “Plasmic Echo.”
In particular, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Smith whether he had ever received “consultation or counsel” from Brennan, including during his tenure as special counsel.
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Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, Sept. 16, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Have you ever received any consultation or counsel by John Brennan, former CIA director, whether during your time as special counsel or otherwise? If so, when and for what purpose?” Grassley asked.
“I’ve never met John Brennan,” Smith responded.
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Grassley’s question, however, was broader than whether Smith personally met Brennan, and the newly declassified records show prosecutors working directly under Smith met with the former CIA director as they prepared the government’s case against Trump.
“This meeting occurred during Jack Smith’s time as Special Counsel and constitutes ‘consultation or counsel’ from John Brennan to Smith and his team,” Grassley told Fox News Digital. “Smith’s response before the Senate Judiciary Committee was highly evasive and misleading, at minimum.”
During the hearing, Grassley later returned to the issue, asking Smith whether he had ever had a conversation with Brennan.
“I have no recollection of having a conversation with John Brennan,” Smith responded.
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An image shows former CIA Director John Brennan in front of a Central Intelligence Agency crest.(William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images; Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
In addition to the memo outlining the 2023 Brennan meeting, the declassified release also included two pages of notes bearing CIA headquarters headers where lines of text beneath Brennan’s name are blacked out by government redactions, leaving the remainder of the ruled pages blank.
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Brennan was not serving as CIA director during the period covered by Smith’s classified-documents case, and the released records do not indicate he had firsthand knowledge of Trump’s alleged handling of the documents.
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Grassley, as well as other GOP lawmakers and critics, have accused the former special counsel of investigative overreach and political bias, including pointing to records showing his Arctic Frost investigation obtained financial information involving thousands of Trump donors and phone records of Republican lawmakers, among other investigative steps. Grassley has separately raised questions about the origins and conduct of Smith’s classified-documents prosecution.
Smith, meanwhile, has rejected allegations that his investigations were politically motivated and has maintained that his decisions were driven by the evidence and defending the work of prosecutors and investigators on his team.
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Fox News Digital reached out to attorneys for Smith to obtain comment about the Brennan meeting, as well as the Justice Department, but did not receive a response.
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.
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