Interesting...I would have guessed he'd be'd be in the 3rd spot... but I trust Rush's judgement.
I don't remember exactly how Rush said it.
Maybe I should've posted, "John Brennan led the coup," or "John Brennan was the leader of the coup."
"Is leading" sounds like Brennan still is.
I think Brennan may have been the Deep State leader in pushing the Trump-Russia collusion theory in 2016. In particular, the American Spectator has taken that position, and maybe that's what convinced Rush. If you google john brennan spectator, you immediately get a lot of relevant links.