Ex-attorney raises red flag over Trump's 'revenge prosecution list' target

President Donald Trump has made his next target for prosecution clear, a former attorney has claimed.

Joyce Vance, who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017, suggested former CIA Director John Brennan could be in the firing line of Trump's legal wrath. Writing in her Substack, Vance considered the reasons why Brennan would be made a prosecution target for Trump, with the former CIA Director incurring the president's wrath.

Former CIA Director John Brennan faces potential criminal prosecution under the Trump administration. Legal experts warn that no federal court is likely to convict Brennan of crimes.

The Trump administration claims Brennan used classified information inappropriately, though no credible evidence supports criminal charges. Brennan has responded defiantly, stating he will not be intimidated by Trump.

Vance added, "This is what Donald Trump does for his friends—the people willing to plot a violent insurrection in hopes he could hold onto power after losing the 2020 election.

"He treats the people he thinks of as enemies very differently, but the stench of corruption is the same. The current example is former CIA Director John Brennan—one of the ultimate catches on Trump’s revenge prosecution list.

"Trump became convinced during his first term in office that Brennan had been involved in some shadowy plot against him, and although nothing in the extensive 'Crossfire Hurricane' investigation carried out by then AG Bill Barr and Special Counsel John Durham bore that out, Trump apparently still holds a grudge.

"Trump has always been sensitive to the 2017 intelligence assessment that found Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in order to help him, and since Brennan was at the CIA when that happened, Trump seems to hold him responsible. The intelligence assessment appears to have been accurate; both the FBI and a bipartisan Senate Committee agreed."