Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said Tuesday on Newsmax that former CIA Director John Brennan should be prosecuted for what he called a deliberate effort to block Donald Trump from exercising the powers of the presidency after his 2016 election victory.
Banks was responding to a criminal referral issued by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to the Justice Department, alleging that Brennan knowingly lied under oath to Congress about the CIA’s use of the Steele dossier during the Russia probe.
In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Jordan wrote that “Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact” that were directly contradicted by the intelligence record.
“Making false statements before Congress is a crime that undermines the integrity of the Committee’s constitutional duty to conduct oversight,” he wrote.
Banks told “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” “We always knew Brennan was a bad guy. I mean, he was a total partisan.
“He abused the powers of his office in the back of the Obama administration. He tried to block President Trump after President Trump was duly elected.”