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The bombshell revelation that former CIA director John Brennan has been designated a “target” of a federal grand jury investigation out of South Florida is the kind of development many patriotic Americans have waited to see for years. Brennan’s lawyers themselves confirmed the designation in a letter to the chief judge in Miami, a move that underscores the seriousness of the subpoenas and documentary demands being served. This is not a political rumor on social media — it is a legal status that changes the conversation from partisan chatter to potential criminal exposure.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida have issued subpoenas and are preparing grand jury work focused on the origins of the 2016 Russia probe and the intelligence community assessment that followed, scrutinizing whether public officials misled the American people and abused their powers. The subpoenas reportedly reached Brennan and other former intelligence and law-enforcement officials, and the scope appears broad enough to include records and internal communications that have been hidden from public view. If the investigators follow the facts instead of the narratives, ordinary Americans may finally get answers about what happened behind the curtain.
Brennan’s lawyers have cried foul, accusing the Justice Department of judge-shopping and warning that prosecutors are maneuvering to place any potential case before a sympathetic judge in Fort Pierce — namely Judge Aileen Cannon — a claim that was flagged in their emergency filing to Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga. That objection is a predictable legal strategy, but it also raises legitimate questions about how this inquiry has been handled and whether the assignment process has been manipulated to achieve a specific result. The American people deserve a process that is blind, fair, and not choreographed for political theater.
Even Judge Andrew Napolitano, a longtime defender of the Constitution and a regular voice on Newsmax’s Newsline, admitted the uncertainty surrounding the probe and urged caution in leaping to conclusions — saying he “doesn’t know where this is going” as investigators, prosecutors, and judges begin to sort through the evidence and legal maneuvers. His sober take should temper both the reflexive outrage from the left and the triumphalism of the right; we must let the process unfold while demanding transparency and accountability from those who once treated secrecy as a shield. Conservatives who believe in the rule of law should welcome a rigorous probe that follows the evidence.
Of course, the left and their media allies will scream “political persecution,” and some outlets are already trying to frame the Miami effort as a partisan fishing expedition. Those reflexive defenses are predictable, but they cannot erase the fact that serious questions about the propriety of the original Russia probe, the use of questionable intelligence, and the behavior of senior officials remain unresolved in the public mind. If the DOJ has the goods, Americans — not the deep-state caste — should learn the facts; if it does not, then those targeted should be exonerated publicly and promptly.
This moment is a test of principle for the conservative movement: we must insist on fairness and on the same standard of justice for every American, no matter how prominent. That means supporting vigorous, impartial investigations, pushing back against any abuse of prosecutorial power, and demanding that courts resist any attempt at forum manipulation. Hardworking Americans are tired of double standards; they want the truth and they want accountability, and that should be the conservative cause above partisan score-settling.
