WASHINGTON (PNN) - July 7, 2025 - Former CIA Director John Brennan may soon be facing serious legal consequences after current CIA Director John Ratcliffe released an internal review of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), and the findings directly contradict Brennan’s sworn congressional testimony.
The newly declassified report confirms what President Donald J. Trump and his allies have said for years. Brennan overrode career intelligence officers to insert the Hilary Clinton-funded Steele Dossier into the official report used to fuel the Russia collusion hoax.
“The 2016 IC Assessment was conducted through an atypical and corrupt process under the politically charged environments of former Director Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey,” Ratcliffe wrote on X. “All the world can now see the truth.”
The most damning revelation? The report plainly states that Brennan insisted the Steele Dossier be included in the ICA despite objections from experienced CIA officials.
“When confronted with specific flaws in the Dossier he appeared more swayed by the Dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.”
Brennan formalized this in writing, according to the report.
“My bottom line is that I believe that the information warrants inclusion in the report,” said Brennan.
This completely contradicts Brennan’s sworn testimony, in which he claimed he did not push for the Dossier’s inclusion.
Ratcliffe credited the career CIA officers who came forward with the truth - and called out Brennan, James Clapper and Comey by name.
“They manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals - all to get Trump.” said Ratcliffe.
In January 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported Brennan’s own claim that he had “not read the dossier” and “gave it no particular credence.”
“I would have no interest in trying to give that dossier any additional airtime,” Brennan told WSJ reporter Shane Harris.
However, the declassified CIA review proves those were lies, and now Brennan may face perjury charges.
Brennan’s actions stunned Congress and intelligence staff.
“He knew the entire time he was trying to wreck Trump’s presidency and still lied to Congress with a straight face,” one unnamed senior aide told Breitbart. “Ratcliffe just brought him closer than he has ever been to being held accountable.”
“John Ratcliffe is a genius,” another unnamed source said. “He just got career CIA officers to admit the 2016 ICA was corrupted, and to offer up Brennan on a silver platter.”
Bryan Dean Wright, a former CIA officer who served under Brennan, didn’t hold back.
“My former boss - CIA Director John Brennan - should rot in prison,” Wright posted to X.
“He lied about the Steele Dossier, he weaponized (Fascist Police States of Amerika) intelligence, and he tried to take down a duly elected president.”