Overview

• The probes follow a criminal referral by CIA Director John Ratcliffe after he declassified a lessons-learned review of the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment.
• Investigators are scrutinizing whether Brennan lied under oath about the Steele dossier’s influence on the assessment and whether its inclusion breached tradecraft standards.
• The scope of Comey’s probe remains unclear with the Department of Justice declining to specify charges or comment on his alleged misconduct.
• Ratcliffe’s review highlighted a rushed production timeline, excessive agency head involvement and departures from standard intelligence procedures.
• These investigations represent the first criminal actions targeting senior intelligence officials from the Crossfire Hurricane probe under President Trump’s administration.