Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas Brennan, Strzok, and Page in Expanding Probe of Russia Collusion Investigation

A federal grand jury in Florida has issued subpoenas to several former high-ranking Obama-era intelligence officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into the origins of the Russia collusion probe.

According to a report from Fox News, the grand jury, convened in the Southern District of Florida, is expected to issue up to 30 subpoenas in the coming days.

The probe is being overseen by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones.

Federal subpoenas were served Friday to Strzok, the FBI’s former deputy assistant director of counterintelligence, and Page, a former FBI attorney.

Both played central roles in high-profile investigations during the 2016 election cycle — including the FBI’s decision not to prosecute former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for using a private email server and the subsequent launch of “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI’s formal investigation into alleged Russian interference in the election on behalf of then-candidate Donald Trump.

Strzok and Page first became publicly known in 2018 after Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released findings that included more than 5,000 text messages between the two, many of which expressed political bias against Trump and his supporters.

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In one message following Trump’s election victory, Strzok wrote that the investigation would “stop” Trump from accomplishing anything.

Both Strzok and Page were later assigned to work on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team in 2017.

Page resigned from the bureau in May 2018, while Strzok was fired three months later.

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The ongoing federal probe follows findings from Special Counsel John Durham, who concluded last year that the FBI’s 2016 investigation into alleged Trump-Russia ties was launched without proper basis and heavily relied on opposition research funded by the Clinton campaign.

That research — known as the Steele Dossier — contained a series of unverified and later debunked allegations against Trump.

The dossier was compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and commissioned through Fusion GPS, which received funding from the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s 2016 campaign.

Durham’s report and subsequent declassified intelligence memos revealed that the Steele Dossier was included in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) released in January 2017, despite internal warnings that it lacked credibility.

That assessment became the foundation for Crossfire Hurricane and shaped early public narratives about Russian interference in the election.

As part of the current investigation, former CIA Director John Brennan has also been subpoenaed.

Brennan was previously referred for potential criminal prosecution by then-CIA Director John Ratcliffe for his involvement in the creation and promotion of the Russia collusion narrative.

Declassified records show that Brennan pushed for the inclusion of the Steele Dossier in the 2017 intelligence report, a decision that contradicted testimony he later gave before Congress in 2023.

A declassified “lessons learned” memo signed by Ratcliffe found that the 2017 report suffered from “procedural anomalies” and “fell short of intelligence standards.”

The memo also stated that “the decision by agency heads to include the Steele Dossier in the ICA ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment.”

The false statements portion of the Brennan inquiry reportedly stems from a declassified email written by the CIA’s former deputy director in December 2016.

The email warned that adding the Steele Dossier to the intelligence assessment could damage the report’s credibility.

“Despite these objections, Brennan showed a preference for narrative consistency over analytical soundness,” the CIA’s review stated.

“When confronted with specific flaws in the Dossier by the two mission center leaders – one with extensive operational experience and the other with a strong analytic background – he appeared more swayed by the Dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.”

Former FBI Director James Comey also faces criminal charges for allegedly making false statements to Congress regarding his role in developing the 2017 intelligence report. Comey has pleaded not guilty.

The subpoenas mark an expansion of the Justice Department’s examination into how the federal government handled intelligence and investigative processes surrounding the 2016 election.

The case represents the latest chapter in the years-long effort to determine whether senior intelligence and law enforcement officials acted improperly in advancing claims of Russian collusion that have since been discredited.