DOJ prosecutors face pressure to bring charges against ex-CIA chief after failing to prosecute other Trump foes | CNN Politics

Justice Department prosecutors leading an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan are facing increasing pressure from top Justice officials to bring criminal charges against him after the department has flailed in trying to punish President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies, people briefed on the matter told CNN in recent days. Prosecutors in the Miami US attorney’s office have been leading the Brennan probe, which relates to testimony the ex-intelligence chief gave to Congress in 2023 and the Russia investigation years earlier, issuing two rounds of subpoenas to several witnesses. Yet the push for charges has run into career prosecutors raising concerns in southern Florida, with some viewing the potential case as relatively weak. Brennan’s lawyers have been bracing for a possible indictment for months now, which has not materialized. Justice officials and US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones made a push in January to bring a case against him, according to two people briefed on the matter, but some career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida resisted the pressure. Those career prosecutors are facing a new wave of pressure now, one of the sources said, and