CIA Director John Ratcliffe cited potential wrongdoing in former CIA Director Brennan's investigation into potential Trump-Russia collusion. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
"I think that the people who actually worked this, both in terms of trying to collect intelligence prior to the election and then the ones who put together the intelligence assessment, they really, I think, showed the best of what the intelligence community and what CIA is made of," Brennan said. "So again, I am clueless about what it is exactly that they may be investigating me for."
He added that he had not been contacted by the DOJ on the matter.
"So I don’t know whether or not there’s any validity to it," Brennan said. "If there was, it was a referral. If there is an investigation, presumably if there is an investigation, then people will be questioned. I would be questioned about it. But again, I’ve had no contact from them."
The Brennan investigation comes after Ratcliffe last week declassified a
Brennan has repeatedly stood by his investigation in several congressional testimonies. (Reuters)
It also determined that the decision to include the Steele dossier, a now-widely discredited anti-Trump document, "ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment."
Records declassified as part of that review further FBI
