Jim Jordan Sends Criminal Referral of Ex-CIA Director John Brennan to DOJ Over Steele Dossier Lies
Some lies are too big to stay buried forever. Some betrayals of public trust demand accountability, no matter how long it takes … and sometimes, justice arrives not with fanfare but with the quiet click of handcuffs being prepared.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan just delivered what millions of Americans have waited nearly a decade to see: a criminal referral to the Department of Justice for former CIA Director John Brennan. The charge? Lying to Congress about his role in perpetrating one of the most damaging political hoaxes in American history—the Steele dossier that fueled the Russia collusion narrative.
Jordan’s referral doesn’t mince words about what Brennan did. The Ohio Republican’s letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi lays out a devastating case built on declassified documents and contradictory testimony.
From Jordan’s letter to the DOJ:
While testifying, Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA.
Under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, a witness commits a crime if he knowingly and willfully makes any materially false statement or representation with respect to any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee of the Congress.
The lies weren’t minor discrepancies. Brennan told Congress in 2023 that “the CIA was not involved at all” with the Steele dossier and that the agency “was very much opposed to having any reference or inclusion” of it in their Intelligence Community Assessment. But declassified CIA memos tell a different story entirely.
When senior CIA officers confronted Brennan about the dossier’s “specific flaws,” he didn’t just ignore them; he overruled them. According to the declassified documents, Brennan appeared “more swayed by the dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.”
When pressed about the dossier’s credibility problems, Brennan’s response was telling: “Yes, but doesn’t it ring true?” I’ll tell you what rings true—the sound of handcuffs clicking.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan just delivered what millions of Americans have waited nearly a decade to see: a criminal referral to the Department of Justice for former CIA Director John Brennan. The charge? Lying to Congress about his role in perpetrating one of the most damaging political hoaxes in American history—the Steele dossier that fueled the Russia collusion narrative.
Jordan’s referral doesn’t mince words about what Brennan did. The Ohio Republican’s letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi lays out a devastating case built on declassified documents and contradictory testimony.
From Jordan’s letter to the DOJ:
While testifying, Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA.
Under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, a witness commits a crime if he knowingly and willfully makes any materially false statement or representation with respect to any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee of the Congress.
The lies weren’t minor discrepancies. Brennan told Congress in 2023 that “the CIA was not involved at all” with the Steele dossier and that the agency “was very much opposed to having any reference or inclusion” of it in their Intelligence Community Assessment. But declassified CIA memos tell a different story entirely.
When senior CIA officers confronted Brennan about the dossier’s “specific flaws,” he didn’t just ignore them; he overruled them. According to the declassified documents, Brennan appeared “more swayed by the dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.”
When pressed about the dossier’s credibility problems, Brennan’s response was telling: “Yes, but doesn’t it ring true?” I’ll tell you what rings true—the sound of handcuffs clicking.
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