Bombshell Evidence for Prosecution of Former CIA Director John Brennan

It’s not every day that a sitting member of Congress, especially the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accuses one of the nation’s former top intelligence officials of lying to Congress. But that’s exactly what happened this week.

The evidence seems to be stacking up against former CIA Director John Brennan. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-4) has referred Brennan for prosecution for committing perjury while testifying to Congress about the CIA’s use of the Steele dossier to investigate President Donald Trump after the 2016 presidential election. Clearly, this sheds new light on Brennan’s role in the Russia hoax, as well as other Deep State actors, such as former FBI Director James Comey, whom the Trump DOJ is investigating.

As stated in the official press release from the House Judiciary Committee:

Today, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) referred former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution after Brennan knowingly made false statements during his transcribed interview before the Committee in 2023. While testifying, Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact that were contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA including:

• Falsely denying that the CIA relied on the discredited Steele dossier in drafting the post-2016 election Intelligence Community Assessment; and
• Falsely testifying when he told the Committee that the CIA opposed including the Steele dossier in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA).

Brennan’s assertion that the CIA was not “involved at all” with the Steele dossier cannot be reconciled with the facts. As newly declassified documents show:

• A CIA officer drafted the annex containing a summary of the dossier;
• Brennan made the ultimate decision, along with then-FBI Director James Comey, to include information from the dossier in the ICA; and
• Brennan overruled senior CIA officers who objected to the inclusion of the dossier material.

Jordan’s six-page referral cites 18 U.S.C. §1001, a law that makes it a federal crime to knowingly and willfully lie to Congress.

The prospect of a former intelligence chief lying under oath to Congress should set off alarm bells across party lines. Instead, it’s treated like just another story in the endless parade of scandals, hearings, and investigations that have come to define Washington. But if Jordan’s allegations are accurate, this one deserves far more attention than it’s getting.

Brennan’s testimony was in a behind-closed-doors, transcribed interview – the kind where you’re under oath, and everything you say can be compared with official documents later. And that’s where Jordan says Brennan’s story about the Steele dossier began to unravel.

 When two CIA officials questioned the dossier’s reliability, Brennan allegedly brushed aside their concerns, writing, “My bottomline is that I believe the information warrants inclusion in the report.” Yet under oath, he later told Congress the CIA didn’t rely on the dossier at all. That’s not a small contradiction. That’s the kind of statement that, if proven false, could mean serious legal trouble.

For many of us who remember the endless Russia investigations, this feels like déjà vu. Years of headlines, accusations, and divisions – all sparked by a narrative built on questionable information. If what Jordan alleges is true, it wasn’t just sloppy intelligence work. It was deception from the top of one of our most powerful agencies. If Brennan lied, he should be held accountable.

Congress can’t prosecute anyone. It can only refer evidence of crimes to the DOJ, which then decides whether to investigate or charge. That’s the proper constitutional order – even when the politics are messy. And we live in a time when public trust in institutions is at an all-time low – and who can blame anyone? When “intelligence” becomes a political weapon instead of a national safeguard, it shakes your faith in the system.

If the DOJ takes up Jordan’s referral, this could be a pivotal moment – not just for Brennan, but for restoring integrity in our intelligence community. Because if we want Americans to trust their government again, that trust has to be earned, not demanded.

What’s frustrating is that, once again, this story might be buried under the weight of public fatigue. Americans are tired of investigations that go nowhere, tired of bureaucrats playing politics, and tired of leaders who seem to face no consequences. But cynicism can’t be the answer. If we ever hope to rebuild trust in our institutions, truth must come first.

Nobody wants yet another political circus. We want transparency, consistency, and humility from those in power. We want leaders who understand that service means accountability, not immunity. Chairman Jordan’s referral isn’t just about Brennan. It’s about whether our government still believes that lying under oath is wrong – no matter who does it. Because if the rules only apply to the powerless, then they aren’t rules at all.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more analysis of the DOJ’s latest move to hold bad actors accountable and root out corruption and political bias. We were also joined live from Israel by Jeff Ballabon, the head of our ACLJ office in Jerusalem, to discuss the aftermath of the ceasefire in Israel.

Watch the full broadcast below: