前特别检察官杰克·史密斯在议员追问约翰·布伦南是否曾在其任职期间提供咨询或建议时称，自己“从未见过”这位前中情局局长兼特朗普的公开批评者。然而，白宫刚刚解密的文件显示，史密斯团队的部分成员在筹备针对唐纳德·特朗普总统的机密文件案件期间，曾与布伦南会面。
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers he had "never met" former CIA Director and vocal Trump critic John Brennan when pressed about whether Brennan provided consultation or counsel during his tenure, but records just declassified by the White House reveal members of Smith's team met with Brennan while preparing the classified-documents case against President Donald Trump.
布伦南与特别检察官史密斯团队会面的这一披露，为共和党人对史密斯针对特朗普的调查所展开的更广泛质疑增添了新的复杂因素。这些质疑包括指控其存在政治偏见、越权调查及其他调查失误。
The revelation about Brennan's meeting with Special Counsel Smith's team adds another wrinkle to Republicans' broader scrutiny of Smith's investigations into Trump, which has included claims of political bias, overreach and other investigative missteps.
哈佛大学法学院教授、前特朗普弹劾案法律顾问艾伦·德肖维茨表示：“杰克·史密斯不过是拜登政府用来将特朗普送进监狱的工具。”他在2025年发表于《华尔街日报》的一篇评论文章中称，史密斯的工作“是一种党同伐异的武器，它违反了规则、欺骗了法院，并且在整个过程中都怀有恶意”。另一位批评者、调查记者约翰·所罗门最近则称，这些调查是“一场持续10年的阴谋，旨在利用美国政府资源阻止唐纳德·特朗普”。
"Jack Smith was a tool of the Biden administration to put Trump in prison," said Harvard Law professor and former Trump impeachment counsel, Alan Dershowitz, who described Smith's work as "a partisan weapon that broke the rules, lied to the court and engaged in bad faith throughout" in an 2025 Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal. Another critic, investigative reporter John Solomon, recently described the probes as among a "10-year conspiracy to stop Donald Trump using the resources of the United States government."
爆炸性新报告让杰克·史密斯再次陷入困境：吉姆·乔丹指控他试图“影响”2024年选举。根据白宫周一解密的文件，两名在史密斯手下工作的助理特别检察官曾于2023年11月与联邦调查局特工一同，在弗吉尼亚州麦克莱恩的中情局总部与布伦南会面。会议目的是“讨论即将举行的审判中向国防信息局提供的专家证词”，这表明检察官们在筹备针对特朗普的诉讼时，正考虑利用这位前中情局局长的国家安全领域专业知识。
EXPLOSIVE NEW REPORT PUTS JACK SMITH BACK IN HOT SEAT AS JIM JORDAN ALLEGES HE TRIED TO 'SWAY' 2024 ELECTION Two assistant special counsels working under Smith joined FBI agents for a November 2023 meeting with Brennan at CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, according to documents that were declassified Monday by the White House. The meeting was held "to discuss expert testimony to National Defense Information in the forthcoming trial," indicating prosecutors were exploring the possibility of using the former CIA chief's national security expertise as they prepared their case against Trump.
与此同时，史密斯上周出席参议院司法委员会作证，这是共和党领导的该委员会对他针对特朗普的调查进行的监督。在听证会上，共和党议员们就史密斯在“阿尔克特冰霜2020”选举调查和“等离子回声”机密文件案中存在政治偏见、调查越权和不当行为的指控向他提问。特别是来自爱owa州的共和党参议员查克格拉斯利在听证会上问道：“你是否曾经从布莱恩内那里获得过任何咨询或建议，包括在你担任特别检察官期间？”
Meanwhile, Smith appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week as part of the Republican-led panel's oversight of his investigations into Trump. During the hearing, GOP lawmakers pressed Smith over allegations of political bias, investigative overreach and misconduct in both the Arctic Frost 2020 election probe and his classified-documents case known as "Plasmic Echo." In particular, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Smith whether he had ever received "consultation or counsel" from Brennan, including during his tenure as special counsel.
前CIA局长因涉嫌策划“俄罗斯骗局”起诉特朗普政府“进行报复性起诉”“你是否曾经从前CIA局长约翰布莱恩内那里接受过任何咨询或建议，无论是在你担任特别检察官期间还是其他时候？如果有，请问是何时何因？”格拉斯利问道。“我从未见过约翰布莱恩内。”史密斯回答道。前CIA局长布莱恩内被传唤出庭作证，在联邦特朗普阴谋案中然而，格拉斯利的问题不仅仅是史密斯是否个人见过布莱恩内， newly declassified记录显示，在准备对特朗普的政府起诉时，直接在史密斯手下的检察官们与前CIA局长会面。
EX-CIA CHIEF ACCUSED OF ORCHESTRATING 'RUSSIA HOAX' SUES TRUMP ADMIN FOR 'VINDICTIVE PROSECUTION' "Have you ever received any consultation or counsel by John Brennan, former CIA director, whether during your time as special counsel or otherwise? If so, when and for what purpose?" Grassley asked. "I've never met John Brennan," Smith responded. FORMER CIA DIRECTOR BRENNAN SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY IN FEDERAL TRUMP CONSPIRACY CASE Grassley's question, however, was broader than whether Smith personally met Brennan, and the newly declassified records show prosecutors working directly under Smith met with the former CIA director as they prepared the government's case against Trump.
“这次会面发生在杰克史密斯担任特别检察官期间，构成了‘来自约翰布莱恩内对史密斯及其团队的咨询或建议’，”格拉斯利告诉福克斯新闻数字。“史密斯在参议院司法委员会上的回答至少是非常回避和误导的。”在听证会上，格拉斯利随后再次提到这一问题，问史密斯是否曾与布莱恩内进行过对话。“我不记得曾与约翰布莱恩内进行过对话。”史密斯回答道。
"This meeting occurred during Jack Smith’s time as Special Counsel and constitutes ‘consultation or counsel’ from John Brennan to Smith and his team," Grassley told Fox News Digital. "Smith’s response before the Senate Judiciary Committee was highly evasive and misleading, at minimum." During the hearing, Grassley later returned to the issue, asking Smith whether he had ever had a conversation with Brennan. "I have no recollection of having a conversation with John Brennan," Smith responded.
美国联邦调查局在司法部对约翰·布雷南在俄罗斯评估中扮演角色的调查过程中，正在讯问现任及前任中央情报局官员。除了一份概述2023年布雷南会面的备忘录外，解密文件还包括两页带有中情局总部标头的笔记，其中布雷南姓名下方的文字被政府审查涂黑，其余划线页面则留为空白。
FBI QUESTIONING CURRENT AND FORMER CIA OFFICIALS IN DOJ PROBE INTO JOHN BRENNAN'S ROLE IN RUSSIA ASSESSMENT In addition to the memo outlining the 2023 Brennan meeting, the declassified release also included two pages of notes bearing CIA Headquarters headers where lines of text beneath Brennan's name are blacked out by government redactions, leaving the remainder of the ruled pages blank.
在史密斯涉及机密文件的案件所涵盖的时期内，布雷南并未担任中情局局长，且已公布的记录也未显示他直接了解特朗普被指控处理这些文件的方式。
Brennan was not serving as CIA director during the period covered by Smith's classified-documents case and the released records do not indicate he had firsthand knowledge of Trump's alleged handling of the documents.
杰克·史密斯对特朗普的调查牵连了福克斯新闻及其他媒体通信内容，调查范围已超出立法者范畴。格拉斯利及其他共和党议员和批评人士指责这位前特别检察官调查越权且存在政治偏见，并指出记录显示其“北极霜冻”调查获取了涉及数千名特朗普捐赠者的财务信息以及共和党议员的通话记录等调查措施。此外，格拉斯利还单独对史密斯提起机密文件诉讼的起因和过程提出了质疑。
JACK SMITH'S TRUMP PROBE SWEPT UP FOX NEWS, OTHER MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AS INVESTIGATION WENT BEYOND LAWMAKERS Grassley, as well as other GOP lawmakers and critics, have accused the former special counsel of investigative overreach and political bias, including pointing to records showing his Arctic Frost investigation obtained financial information involving thousands of Trump donors and phone records of Republican lawmakers, among other investigative steps. Grassley has separately raised questions about the origins and conduct of Smith's classified-documents prosecution.
与此同时，史密斯否认其调查存在政治动机，并坚称其决定是基于证据，同时为团队中检察官和调查人员的工作辩护。
Smith, meanwhile, has rejected allegations that his investigations were politically motivated, and has maintained that his decisions were driven by the evidence and defending the work of prosecutors and investigators on his team.
福克斯新闻数字版已联系史密斯的律师，希望就布雷南的会面以及司法部一事获取评论，但尚未收到回应。
Fox News Digital reached out to attorneys for Smith to obtain comment about the Brennan meeting, as well as the Justice Department, but did not receive a response.