March 19, 2026

The Justice Department has subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey over his involvement in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election, a source familiar confirmed to Axios.

Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan were already the subjects of criminal investigations.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey amid ongoing criminal probes into alleged misconduct in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election, raising questions about the report’s rushed production and credibility. Alongside former CIA Director John Brennan, Comey faces scrutiny over possible false statements to Congress and efforts to include the Steele dossier, widely regarded by the CIA as unreliable, in the assessment. The investigations, spurred by a criminal referral from ex-CIA Director John Ratcliffe, now cast a shadow over the integrity of the Russiagate narrative and its origins.

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