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Ex-CIA Chief Brennan Told by Durham He Is Not Target of Criminal Probe: Spokesperson
The Epoch Times ^ | August 22, 2020 | TOM OZIMEK

Posted on 08/22/2020 8:40:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A spokesperson for former CIA Director John Brennan said Friday that federal prosecutor John Durham told the former intelligence chief in their interview that he is not the subject or target of a criminal probe.

“Earlier today former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed by U.S. Attorney John Durham on issues related to Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election,” spokesperson and former CIA Deputy Chief of Staff Nick Shapiro said in a statement. “Brennan was informed by Mr. Durham that he is not a subject or a target of a criminal investigation and that he is only a witness to events that are under review.”

Shapiro also said that Brennan was interviewed for 8 hours, during which time the discussion covered a “wide range of intelligence-related activities undertaken by CIA before the November 2016 presidential election as well as the Intelligence Community Assessment published in early January 2017.”

Brennan led the CIA under the Obama administration as it and other intelligence agencies arrived at the conclusion that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election. According to an Intelligence Community Assessment cited by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper in Senate testimony, Russia used cyber operations against both political parties and that “President Putin directed and influenced [a] campaign to erode the faith and confidence of the American people in our presidential election process. Second, that he did so to demean Secretary Clinton, and third, that he sought to advantage Mr. Trump.” Russia’s meddling did not extend to actual vote tallying and no intelligence or evidence was found to suggest that any votes were changed as a result of the interference.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201701; bagpipes; brennan; durham; ic; ica; intelcommunity; kabukitheatre; trusttheplan
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Is Durham required to tell Ayatollah Brennan if he is a target?
1 posted on 08/22/2020 8:40:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Brennan’s spokesman claims he’s not a target. Durham has said nothing.


2 posted on 08/22/2020 8:43:04 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nope. If he is told, it’s only a courtesy. But not something he’d be entitled to.


3 posted on 08/22/2020 8:43:29 AM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I believe Flynn was told the same. Very old DoJ/FBI technique.


4 posted on 08/22/2020 8:43:29 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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i don’t think you’re a target - until you are a target. not sure they tell the truth on this since Comey told POTUS he wasn’t a target when he clearly was their target. jibber jabber and super spin from Brennan who heads footsteps approaching.


5 posted on 08/22/2020 8:43:46 AM PDT by avital2
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I wouldn’t believe a Brennan spokesperson.
Didn’t Mueller tell Trump he wasn’t a target when he clearly was?


6 posted on 08/22/2020 8:44:01 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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*hears* footsteps approaching. oops


7 posted on 08/22/2020 8:44:37 AM PDT by avital2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The only one that has been a target in any of this is Trump. barr was brought in for clean-up and durham is his tool.


8 posted on 08/22/2020 8:46:26 AM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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Even if Brennan IS a target, the pace of this investigation is glacially slow. Brennan may be in his 90’s before all has been completed.


9 posted on 08/22/2020 8:47:25 AM PDT by lee martell
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where did the C_A letter of Brennan
disappear to, in order to forge the
FAKE FISA complaint made out of whole air
and HRC$$$$?


10 posted on 08/22/2020 8:48:48 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
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The only one that has been a target in any of this is Trump. barr was brought in for clean-up and durham is his tool.

That's a clown comment, bro.


11 posted on 08/22/2020 8:50:41 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: JoSixChip

Nailed it.


12 posted on 08/22/2020 8:51:54 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They can lie to you.
We cant lie to them.


13 posted on 08/22/2020 8:52:50 AM PDT by halfright (Deplorable in Florida...ANYONE SEEN Hunter?? Hunter Biden !!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Leaks are real
News is fake


14 posted on 08/22/2020 8:53:27 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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If I’m not mistaken, the FBI told Martha Stewart that she was not the target of a probe. Federal “agents” are allowed by law to lie. You, however, will go to prison if you lie to them.


15 posted on 08/22/2020 8:54:46 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud?)
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Well, Trump was told he wasn’t a target too, as he was being targeted and actually even set up.


16 posted on 08/22/2020 8:54:52 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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The truth is Brennan, by virtue of his official position and the nature of the work of the CIA, he can’t catch a real charge without implicating President Obama as well. Some people really are above the law.


17 posted on 08/22/2020 8:55:25 AM PDT by jz638
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Didn’t Comey say that to President Trump?


18 posted on 08/22/2020 8:55:47 AM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Durham has no intention of moving this investigation forward before the election because he knows that it will be shut down if Biden wins and any recommendations he makes for criminal charges will not be pursued by a Dem administration. If Trump is reelected, however, then Durham may get serious about pursuing the investigation.


19 posted on 08/22/2020 8:57:16 AM PDT by chuckee
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Without real jail time for their criminals, the FBI will be, in my mind, little more than a government crime syndicate.
And by extension ALL police, I am not alone.
Hope Barr understands that.


20 posted on 08/22/2020 8:58:02 AM PDT by glasseye ("A policeman's job is only easy in a police state." Orson Welles)
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