Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify Oct. 15 before a federal grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, as part of a Justice Department investigation into whether officials who probed Donald Trump over the last decade conspired to violate his civil rights, Fox News reports.
Why it matters: It’s the clearest sign yet that the years-long “Russiagate origins” investigation is moving from referrals and rhetoric into an actual grand-jury process — and it’s now reaching one of the Obama administration’s most senior intelligence officials directly.
Driving the news:
Brennan’s attorney, Ken Wainstein, disclosed the subpoena in a Monday court filing; prosecutors had presented it to Brennan roughly a week earlier, per the Daily Caller.
The same grand jury, operating out of the Southern District of Florida, also subpoenaed former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, both of whom worked on the Mueller team’s 2017 “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation, Fox News reports.
Law enforcement sources tell Fox News up to 30 subpoenas could be issued in the coming days as the investigation widens.
Brennan is separately a target in a related false-statements probe over his 2023 congressional testimony that the CIA opposed including the Steele dossier in the 2017 intelligence assessment — testimony investigators say declassified records contradict, per Fox News.
By the numbers:
Up to 30 — additional subpoenas law enforcement sources expect in the coming days.
Oct. 15 — the date Brennan is due to testify before the grand jury.
A decade — the span of conduct under investigation, per the subpoena described in Brennan’s attorney’s court filing.
What they’re saying: Joseph diGenova, the DOJ official who led the investigation until resigning Sept. 10, told RedState: “if you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem,” adding “there’s plenty of evidence in all of these cases to prove the theories of prosecution.” House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, who referred Brennan for prosecution in October 2025, has alleged Brennan “made the ultimate decision” to include unverified dossier material in the intelligence assessment, via Fox News.
What’s next: Brennan is due to testify Oct. 15; with up to 30 more subpoenas reportedly expected, other Obama-era officials could be pulled into the same grand-jury process in the coming days.
The bottom line: The Brennan subpoena turns a long-simmering, politically charged theory into an active grand-jury proceeding — with a specific date now on the calendar and, by prosecutors’ own signal, more names likely to follow.
Go deeper:
Fox News: Former CIA director Brennan subpoenaed to testify in federal Trump conspiracy case
Fox News: Grand jury subpoenas Brennan, Strzok, Page in Trump-Russia probe
Daily Caller: Former CIA Director John Brennan Subpoenaed Over Russiagate Conspiracy Against Trump
RedState: DOJ Subpoenas John Brennan in Anti-Trump 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe