The Department of Justice has quietly stepped up its investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, with a federal grand jury issuing subpoenas to former CIA Director John Brennan and ex-FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page — and reports say as many as 30 subpoenas could be coming. This is not small potatoes; it’s the kind of legal pressure that signals investigators are finally following the paper trail into the heart of the intelligence community.
Conservatives who sounded the alarm about a politicized intelligence apparatus will feel vindicated by this development, because it follows a formal referral from House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan urging the Justice Department to consider criminal charges over alleged false testimony. The referral accuses Brennan of lying to Congress about the Steele dossier’s role in the 2017 intelligence assessment, and it is exactly the oversight this country has desperately needed.
Let’s be blunt: the Steele dossier was opposition research funded by political operatives, and newly disclosed records show CIA involvement that contradicts Brennan’s public denials. If senior intelligence officials quietly inserted that material into key assessments and then lied about it to lawmakers and the American people, that is not an innocent mistake — it’s a breach of trust and potentially a crime.
This probe into how those narratives were built and spread should frighten anyone who believes in a neutral, apolitical intelligence community. For years the administrative state and compliant media ran with a narrative that damaged reputations and undid public faith in our institutions; now we are finally seeing investigations that could expose who orchestrated that disinformation campaign.
Americans deserve answers about whether career officials weaponized classified channels and public messaging to influence an election and to derail a presidency. The prospect of dozens more subpoenas shows the scale of scrutiny needed — and it should be the beginning, not the end, of accountability for anyone who misused their office.
Patriots should watch closely and demand that investigators follow the facts — no immunity for the powerful, no secret deals for the connected, and no forgiving the deep state for political crimes. This is about restoring the rule of law and protecting future elections from the same abuses, and every American who loves this country should be on the side of full transparency and real consequences.
