John Brennan Lawsuit Dismissed

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb dismissed former CIACentral Intelligence Agencynational foreign intelligence agency of the United States Director John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017’s lawsuit seeking an order requiring the Justice DepartmentDepartment of JusticeUnited States federal executive department to preserve investigation records. Brennan has not been criminally charged, and Cobb ruled that a possible indictment and later loss of records were too uncertain to give him standing now. Brennan sued in July, saying he may need the records to challenge any future prosecution as selective or vindictive. He alleges political retaliation over his opposition to Trump and his role in the 2016 Russia-election assessment; Trump has called for his prosecution. Brennan’s lawyers said preservation was needed, while the Justice Department called the request speculative. Whether Brennan will be charged remains unclear.