Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. It is challenging to find the right

superlatives to describe Donald Trump's politicization of both the immense power of criminal

investigations and the complete takeover of the Department of Justice's

prosecution decisions. But if one stands out as the most dangerous to current U.S. national

security, it is the one inching ever closer to former President Barack Obama's national security

team and its stewardship of the probe into Russia's attack on the 2016 presidential

election in this country.

MSNBC was the first to report today that the Department of Justice is preparing to issue

a series of grand jury subpoenas as a part of an investigation into former CIA director

John Brennan and the probes by the CIA and FBI into Russian interference

in the 2016 election. Yes, we are here again. Nine years later, and Trump is still keeping

the Russia, Russia, Russia, hoax conspiracy theories alive because, it should be obvious, he's now

able to manipulate the Department of Justice at the highest levels.

According to MSNBC's reporting, the investigation is being supervised by the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida.

That person, of course, is a Trump loyalist.

He's working in consultation with Justice Department senior staff in Washington, D.C.

We should note that for his part, Director John Brennan, who's an analyst here at MSNBC,

has denied any wrongdoing and his conduct has been investigated exhaustively.

He spent nine hours with John Durham himself, and no wrongdoing has ever been uncovered by anyone.

MSNBC reports this, quote, the Florida-based inquiry comes two years after a special

counsel appointed by then Attorney General Bill Barr concluded a lengthy and exhaustive investigation

that found no criminal wrongdoing by Brennan or any other major figure connected with the Russia

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