Judiciary Committee Refers John Brennan To DOJ For Criminal Prosecution

The House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan for criminal prosecution on Tuesday, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced.

Jordan shared a copy of the referral letter, addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, in an X post. “John Brennan lied to Congress. Today, we referred him to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution,” he commented.

John Brennan lied to Congress.

Today, we referred him to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.

Read the full referral here: https://t.co/NG45lgFWgM pic.twitter.com/92BF4BUz4B

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) October 21, 2025

“We write to refer significant evidence the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan knowingly made false statements during his transcribed interview before the Committee on the Judiciary on May 11, 2023,” the letter read in part. “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.”

The key point, according to the letter, was that “Brennan falsely denied that the CIA relied on the discredited Steele Dossier in drafting the post-election Intelligence Community Assessment.”

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Brennan’s criminal referral comes in the wake of a similar referral — followed swiftly by an indictment — for former FBI Director James Comey, who was also accused of lying to Congress.

Prior to those referrals, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley argued that Brennan had the most to fear when it came to the possibility of prosecution with regard to Russiagate: “It does appear that a couple of these figures may have committed perjury. I think the most vulnerable may be Brennan, who’s like a 30-point buck now out in the open. I mean, this stuff goes directly to information that he gave to Congress. It seems to be in contradiction.”

“And so there are real questions here,” he added at the time. “I mean, people talk about, well, you can’t charge Obama. That’s very likely the case. He’s probably protected. But these individuals, whether it’s Comey or Brennan, are not protected from perjury charges if the statute of limitations has not run. They are more likely to be called again to repeat prior testimony.”