Trump Says Brennan, Comey 'crooked As Hell' Amid Fbi Probe, May Have To 'pay The Price'

President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday to erstwhile CIA Director John Brennan and erstwhile FBI Director James Comey reportedly being nether criminal investigation for imaginable wrongdoing related to nan Trump–Russia probe. 

Fox News Digital first reported astir nan probe, which is besides evaluating whether Brennan allegedly made mendacious statements to Congress. 

During a gathering pinch African leaders successful nan State Room of nan White House connected Wednesday, Fox News elder White House analogous Peter Doocy asked nan president for his consequence to nan investigation. 

"Do you want to spot these 2 guys down bars?" Doocy asked nan president. 

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President Donald Trump speaks during a luncheon pinch African leaders successful nan State Dining Room of nan White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"Well, I cognize thing astir it different than what I publication today," Trump said. "But I will show you, I deliberation they're very dishonest people. I deliberation they're crooked arsenic hell. And, possibly they person to salary a value for that."

"I judge they are genuinely bad group and dishonest people," nan president added. "So immoderate happens, happens." 

Justice Department sources told Fox News Digital that CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred grounds of wrongdoing by Brennan to FBI Director Kash Patel for imaginable prosecution. 

The sources said that Ratcliffe's referral was received and told Fox News Digital that a criminal investigation into Brennan was opened and is underway. DOJ sources declined to supply further details. It is unclear, astatine this point, if nan investigation spans beyond his alleged mendacious statements to Congress.

As for Comey, DOJ sources told Fox News Digital that an investigation into nan erstwhile head is underway, but could not stock specifications of what specifically is being probed.

Former FBI Director James Comey and erstwhile CIA Director John Brennan person been referred for criminal inbve (Getty Images)

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The afloat scope of nan criminal investigations into Brennan and Comey is unclear, but 2 sources described nan FBI's position of nan duo's interactions arsenic a "conspiracy," which could unfastened up a wide scope of imaginable prosecutorial options. 

The FBI and CIA declined to comment.

Neither Brennan nor Comey instantly responded to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

President Donald Trump, from left, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and White House lawman main of unit for argumentation Stephen Miller perceive during a luncheon pinch African leaders astatine nan White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Brennan investigation comes aft Ratcliffe past week declassified a "lessons learned" reappraisal of nan creation of nan 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). The 2017 ICA alleged Russia sought to power nan 2016 statesmanlike predetermination to thief then-candidate Donald Trump. But nan reappraisal recovered that nan process of nan ICA's creation was rushed pinch "procedural anomalies," and that officials diverted from intelligence standards.

It besides wished that nan "decision by agency heads to see nan Steele Dossier successful nan ICA ran antagonistic to basal tradecraft principles and yet undermined nan credibility of a cardinal judgment." 

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The dossier — an anti-Trump archive filled pinch unverified and wholly inaccurate claims that was commissioned by Fusion GPS and paid for by Democrat statesmanlike campaigner Hillary Clinton's run and nan DNC — has been wide discredited. Last week's reappraisal marks nan first clip profession CIA officials person acknowledged politicization of nan process by which nan ICA was written, peculiarly by Obama-era governmental appointees.