❓WHAT HAPPENED: Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors are investigating former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan, and others.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: John Brennan, Christopher Wray, neoconservative former National Security Advisor John Bolton, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and DOJ officials.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Investigations are ongoing across multiple U.S. jurisdictions.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Trump hasn’t changed. What’s different is the people he appointed.” – Former DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur
🎯IMPACT: The ongoing investigations, with charges expected in several cases, indicate President Donald J. Trump is successfully pressuring the DOJ into taking action against bad actors, although he is reportedly unhappy with the speed at which Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray alongside former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan, according to reports. Wray has long faced backlash from conservatives who believe he abused his power while he led the FBI, with current director Kash Patel saying he lied to Congress about the FBI’s presence among January 6 protesters.
“Agents were sent into a crowd control mission after the riot was declared by Metro Police, something that goes against FBI standards,” Patel recently told the media, emphasizing: “This was the failure of a corrupt leadership that lied to Congress and to the American people about what really happened.”
Subpoenas have been issued to former officials as part of the Wray investigation in recent days, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Meanwhile, in Maryland, prosecutors are expected to charge John Bolton, the war hawk former National Security Advisor, with mishandling classified information, while in Virginia, an indictment is anticipated against New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of mortgage fraud.
Sarah Isgur, a former DOJ spokesman, said of the situation, “Trump hasn’t changed [since the first Trump administration]. What’s different is the people he appointed.”
Addressing Isgur’s claims that the second Trump administration is abusing DOJ powers, a current DOJ spokesman responded: “This is an observation from an alternate reality because Democrats have in fact abused their power to target President Trump and Republicans.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi has been actively visiting the White House, reportedly around once or twice a week, but President Trump is said to be dissatisfied with the pace of the cases, telling aides, “She’s moving too slow.”
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