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 has accused Brennan of deliberately manipulating the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), which was compiled in response to claims that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russian operatives to sway the election.
Passages in Ratcliffe’s report describe “excessively involved” Obama appointees participating in early drafts of the first document, which was rushed to completion in a “chaotic” and “atypical” process that he calls “markedly unconventional.”
However, Brennan went beyond simply participating in the ICA process—he deliberately isolated its authors within the CIA, restricting input from nonpolitical appointees on the National Intelligence Council who had raised concerns about the Steele dossier’s credibility, Wright wrote in a report for Fox News.
The report was distributed to “more than 200 U.S. officials”—an unusually large number for such a highly compartmentalized product. Wright argued this was a deliberate move designed to increase the chances of the Steele dossier leaking to the public.
“In doing so, they tried to destroy not just President Trump, but also the Republic itself. And that’s why this still matters,” stated Wright. “These men thought they knew what was best for America, and they didn’t give a damn what voters like you thought. It was their country – not yours – and they were willing to act with their profound powers to destroy a politician they didn’t like.”
