Overview
- The Southern District of Florida issued more than two dozen subpoenas last week seeking records tied to the January 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian interference.
- Recipients include former DNI James Clapper as well as former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, and CBS News reports former CIA Director John Brennan was also subpoenaed.
- The subpoenas request documents and communications from July 1, 2016 through Feb. 28, 2017, with production to prosecutors in Miami due by Nov. 20.
- The inquiry, now led by U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones, was transferred from a narrower review overseen by David Metcalf after criminal referrals from Trump-aligned intelligence officials.
- Signs of a ramp-up include recruiting line prosecutors and reorganizing the office’s national security unit, even as prior DOJ inspector general and Durham reviews found no basis to charge senior officials and legal hurdles over timing and venue remain.