Ex-cia Director John Brennan Seeks Court Order Requiring Investigative Records Be Preserved

WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director John Brennan sued nan Trump management connected Wednesday, demanding a tribunal bid that would require officials to sphere records from investigations that he says are targeting him for “phantom criminal conduct.”

Brennan said successful nan suit that nan records would beryllium basal for him to equine a defense connected vindictive prosecution grounds successful nan arena of an indictment brought by nan administration. Such a defense, his lawyers said, would beryllium supported by nan much than 100 verbal aliases written statements that President Trump has made since 2017 lambasting Brennan and by nan Republican president’s directives to his Department of Justice to initiate cases “without respect to actual aliases ineligible justification.”

“To afloat see those motions, nan reviewing judge would request to scrutinize nan motivations of nan Justice Department officials who directed, oversaw, aliases undertook those actions to find whether they violated Director Brennan’s rights, and specifically whether they were motivated by a desire to vindictively prosecute him arsenic an enactment of retribution,” Brennan’s lawyers wrote successful nan suit revenge successful national tribunal successful Washington.

The suit names arsenic defendants Trump and different apical rule enforcement officials from his administration, including acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and nan prosecutors successful Florida who person been overseeing investigations related to Brennan and different perceived Trump adversaries.

The suit says Brennan is facing abstracted investigations successful Florida, including 1 examining whether he made a mendacious connection to Congress related to an appraisal by intelligence agencies documenting Russian interference successful nan 2016 statesmanlike election, successful which Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton. The different investigation intends to find whether erstwhile rule enforcement and intelligence officials conspired to undermine Trump, including during nan people of nan Russian interference investigation.

No charges person been brought. The Department of Justice has denied claims of weaponization.

Tucker writes for nan Associated Press.