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Deadline: White House

“John Brennan lives rent free in Trump’s head”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

Politics, News, Ms Now, Government, Nicolle Wallace, Daily News, Msnbc, Versant, The White House, Washington Dc

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace covers the breaking news that the Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into Former CIA Director Brennan.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, happy Monday.

0:08.4

It's four o'clock in New York.

0:10.2

There are multiple developments today that, more than anything else, proved that former CIA

0:16.2

director John Brennan lives rent-free in Donald Trump's head.

0:20.1

The Associated Press is reporting that the

0:22.0

Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington

0:27.4

as part of its investigation into former director Brennan. That is according to three people

0:33.2

familiar with the matter. It comes as we're learning that the lead prosecutor in the investigation

0:38.6

into John Brennan in a separate jurisdiction in the Southern District of Florida has been

0:44.1

dismissed from the case after she raised concerns about its legal viability. The source says the veteran

0:50.4

prosecutor Maria Medidis Long told colleagues in her office that she had recently

0:55.7

told her bosses, there was not ample justification to bring criminal charges against John Brennan.

1:02.3

In a statement, the Department of Justice claims its, quote, routine practice to rearrange

1:07.4

attorneys in cases that they are assigned. So Trump has reached deep into the political crony grab bag to come out with this guy.

1:15.6

Trump loyalist and his former campaign lawyer, Joseph to Genova.

1:19.6

He's going to take over the Brennan case and Donald Trump's broader so-called grand conspiracy case.

1:26.6

Maybe one of the earliest offenses to Donald Trump was this moment back in 2017.

1:34.3

I encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions

1:42.4

between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump

1:49.5

campaign. I had unresolved questions in my mind as to whether or not the Russians had been

1:54.6

successful in getting U.S. persons involved in the campaign or not to work on their behalf, again, either in a witting

2:02.9

or unwitting fashion.

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