“Director Brennan is going on the offensive”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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🗓️ 1 July 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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July 1, 2026; 5pm: Nicolle Wallace conducts an exclusive interview with Former CIA Director John Brennan, his first TV interview addressing his lawsuit against Donald Trump and the Department of Justice. Brennan has been a longtime target of Trump’s retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies.

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0:00.0	Sometimes intelligence is good, and sometimes you look at Comey and you look at Brennan and you look at Clapper, and I'm supposed to believe that intelligence.
0:12.5	I never believe that intelligence.
0:14.1	You look at Brennan and you look at Clapper and you get some real beauties.
0:18.6	Well, I think Brennan is a sick person.
0:20.6	How involved was John Brennan?
0:22.5	Totally involved. He was totally involved.
0:24.7	John Brennan was one of the architects, in my opinion.
0:30.4	Hi again, everybody.
0:31.5	It's now 5 o'clock in the East.
0:33.1	Vice to say he has been obsessed for years now.
0:36.4	Trump has been attacking and criticizing former
0:39.2	director of the CIA, John Brennan, for years. Going after him seems to be one of Trump's
0:45.5	greatest obsessions, but these are not just hollow sneers and complaints. Trump has weaponized
0:51.8	the government he now leads to go after his perceived
0:55.9	opponent. Today marks a significant development in that story. Director Brennan is today going on
1:01.5	the offense. But first, a quick refresher. Director Brennan, following decades of public service
1:07.2	in the CIA, served as the agency's director from 2013 to 2017 during those years
1:14.4	under President Barack Obama. The director became a target of Donald Trump's ostensibly for his
1:20.7	role in the intelligence assessment that stated that Russia interfered in the 2016 election
1:26.6	with the aim of helping Donald Trump win.
1:30.0	Since then, Donald Trump has railed against John Brennan, as well as others involved in that assessment.
1:36.2	He has revoked John Brennan's security clearance, and two investigations have been launched into the former director of the CIA.
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