Former CIA officer Bryan Dean Wright has accused former Director John Brennan of manipulating the intelligence assessment on Russia’s influence in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. According to Wright, Brennan, who was then a top official overseeing the operation, intentionally included the controversial Steele Dossier in the report despite significant internal warnings about the dossier’s credibility. Wright argues that Brennan’s actions were part of a coordinated effort among U.S. intelligence officials to damage Trump’s presidency, with the report ultimately leading to a significant political and legal investigation into Trump’s ties with Russia.
Wright claims that Brennan, then a senior figure at the CIA, pushed for the inclusion of the discredited dossier in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) despite explicit warnings from his top operational and analytical management that the dossier