Trump loyalist subpoenaed John Brennan before resignation last week

A Trump loyalist heading a “grand conspiracy” investigation into some of Trump’s grievances signed a subpoena seeking testimony from former CIA director John Brennan just before his resignation from the Justice Department last week, his lawyer told a court Monday.

On Sept. 9, Joe diGenova signed the document aimed at Brennan for testimony before a federal grand jury sitting in Fort Pierce, Fla., Brennan attorney Ken Wainstein wrote in a declaration. After Wainstein reached out to diGenova after he accepted the subpoena on Sept. 10, diGenova wrote that he would “arrange counsel” to speak with them. Brennan’s testimony was preliminarily set for Oct. 15.

diGenova resigned later in the day on Thursday. On Friday, Wainstein said, 2020 election denier Kurt Olsen — now part of the prosecutorial team in the Southern District of Florida — told Brennan’s team that there were multiple “viable” grand jury investigations into his client “including a ‘far-reaching’ investigation in Fort Pierce that includes ‘issues at Mar-a-Lago and beyond’ into whether President Donald Trump had his civil rights violated.” Another investigation is running out of District of Columbia, looking into Brennan’s statements before Congress, Olsen confirmed.

“Mr. Olsen explained that Director Brennan was a ‘target’ of…

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