Justice Department issues new grand jury subpoenas in probe of alleged intelligence conspiracy against Trump
The Justice Department has begun sending fresh grand jury subpoenas to former officials as part of a Florida investigation alleging an intelligence-community plot against Donald Trump.
A federal investigation based in Fort Pierce, Florida, is issuing fresh grand jury subpoenas to former government figures as it pursues a theory that the intelligence community plotted against Donald Trump. The inquiry, which has centered on the administration’s handling of the 2016 Russian interference assessment, seeks to determine whether officials violated the president’s rights. Recent subpoenas follow a series of voluntary interviews and target individuals such as former CIA director John Brennan, whose lawyers say he has been identified as a potential target.
The team leading the case includes Joe diGenova, a veteran prosecutor reinstated to assist the attorney general. Defense counsel for Brennan has requested that the matter not be assigned to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, citing concerns about her perceived alignment with Trump. The investigation also touches on the 2022 FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and the handling of classified documents.
How the sides frame it
HIGH AGREEMENTBoth camps report the Justice Department’s new grand-jury subpoenas targeting former officials like John Brennan and describe the probe as examining a theory that intelligence officials colluded against Trump, but the left-leaning coverage stresses the alleged conspiracy and potential rights violations, while the right-leaning coverage frames it as a “Russiagate” investigation entering a more forceful phase.
LEFT
Coverage frames the subpoenas as part of a probe into an alleged intelligence conspiracy against Trump that seeks to determine if officials violated the president’s rights.
RIGHT
Coverage frames the subpoenas as a “Russiagate” investigation moving into a more forceful phase to examine a theory of intelligence-community collusion against Trump.
The left emphasises
- investigation pursues a theory that the intelligence community plotted against Donald Trump
- seeks to determine whether officials violated the president’s rights
- targets former officials such as former CIA director John Brennan
The right emphasises
- Justice Department has moved to a more forceful phase in its Russiagate investigation
- probing a theory that members of the intelligence community colluded to undermine Donald Trump
- grand-jury subpoenas issued to former officials like ex-CIA director John Brennan
