John Brennan Accused Of Lying Once Before In Senate Intel Spying Scandal

Ex-CIA Director John Brennan may find himself under FBI investigation for allegedly lying to Congress about the Russiagate scandal, but the Obama spy chief has in the past emerged from other lying scandals — including one related to the agency snooping on the Senate — largely unscathed.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe sent a referral to FBI Director Kash Patel related to possible criminality by Brennan, sources told Just the News this week, following a review by the CIA that critiqued the actions taken by Brennan related to the baseless Trump-Russia collusion investigation.

Brennan previously easily survived an Obama-era scandal where he falsely denied that his agency had spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee. One key difference among many is that in the saga a decade ago, Brennan had largely made his false statements in the press, and not as part of a congressional deposition or testimony.

Last week, Ratcliffe released a “lessons learned” review of the December 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment. The review sharply criticized Brennan for choosing the narrative of anti-Trump forces rather than “solid analysis” in pushing to include British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s baseless anti-Trump dossier in the assessment. In Ratcliffe’s review, the CIA also critiqued the “high confidence” assessment by the FBI and the CIA that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had “aspired” to help President Donald Trump win in 2016.