CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper are now the targets of legal action - a quest for more information about their alleged role in the inception of the Russia investigation.
https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/lawsuit-increases-likelihood-of-new-investigationinto-the-investigationThe lawsuit, filed by he conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, asks for “all records of communication" including "emails, text messages and instant chats from the offices of the C.I.A". and "the DNI James Clapper regarding memos known as the 'Steele dossier'" and "representatives and contractors of CNN."
“For the last two and a half years people have been having their arms and screaming collusion conspiracy,” said Chris Farrell, the Director of Investigations and Research at Judicial Watch in an interview Friday. He said the central question is: How did we get here?
Who advanced this entire initiative? This narrative? Who was orchestrating things. These are powerful government officials. Are they running around peddling stories to CNN?” he said.
Some GOP lawmakers are echoing calls for a new investigation.
“Maybe we should investigate who faked this whole Russian hoax. Who dredged it up? Did they break any laws in doing it?” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
But as expected, Democrats have a different take. They’re insisting the full Mueller report be made public, which is now expected to happen in mid-April.
Many Democrats also say calls for a new investigation are a distraction.
"They’ve shown no willingness to drop the subject. It’s like Groundhog Day with them," said Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky.
“The fact that they continue to double down their conspiracy theories but want to block the results of a 22 month investigation is just ridiculous,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich.
Now that Robert Mueller’s investigation has ended, there are renewed calls to find out how it started in the first place.
If Judicial Watch gets the documents they requested.... then what?