前中情局局长布伦南目前正接受司法部调查，他称第二十五修正案“从起草之初就是为唐纳德·特朗普量身定做”
2026年4月13日 美国东部时间下午1:06 / 福克斯新闻频道
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奥巴马政府时期的中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南呼吁罢免唐纳德·特朗普总统职务，他也加入了越来越多民主党人行列，称特朗普在真相社交平台上威胁伊朗的言论违法。
目前正接受司法部调查的布伦南在MS NOW节目中接受阿里·韦尔希采访时表示，确立总统罢免程序的第二十五修正案“从起草之初就是为唐纳德·特朗普量身定做”。
“允许这样一个人继续担任总司令，掌控美国军方的巨大战力，包括我们的核武器能力——他在宣称要‘消灭一整个文明’时似乎就暗示了这一点，”布伦南说道。“我们确实正处于非常、非常令人不安的时期。”
超过70名国会议员呼吁援引第二十五修正案罢免特朗普，此前特朗普在真相社交平台上就重新开放霍尔木兹海峡一事对伊朗发出一系列威胁。
特朗普威胁伊朗引发罢免呼吁，但一名民主党人称该努力“不切实际”
2019年10月6日，前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南在华盛顿特区出席《与媒体见面》节目。2026年3月16日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室的白宫签署仪式上准备签署文件。（威廉·普洛曼/盖蒂图片社 | 亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图片社）
特朗普首次发出威胁是在复活节周日，给伊朗设定的最后期限为4月7日周二晚上8点。就在截止时间前几小时，特朗普在真相社交平台上发帖称“今晚一整个文明都将覆灭”。
“我不想看到这种情况发生，但很可能还是会发生，”特朗普在真相社交平台上写道。
2026年4月1日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫向全国发表讲话。（亚历克斯·布兰登/路透社泳池照片）
就在截止时间前，特朗普宣布美国和伊朗已达成为期两周的停火协议。但在本周末巴基斯坦举行谈判后，特朗普周日在真相社交平台上宣布，美国海军将于周一开始封锁所有进出霍尔木兹海峡的船只。
自伊朗战争爆发以来，布伦南一直公开直言不讳地批评特朗普对冲突的处理方式。他经常亮相MS NOW节目，一个月前就曾暗示特朗普在处理战争问题上“手足无措”且“毫无头绪”。
2018年4月15日周日，前中央情报局局长、NBC新闻高级国家安全与情报分析师约翰·布伦南在华盛顿特区出席《与媒体见面》节目。（威廉·普洛曼/NBC环球）
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值得注意的是，司法部于2025年7月对布伦南展开调查，起因是他不当处理2017年情报共同体评估报告的指控，该报告认定俄罗斯试图在2016年总统选举中干预以助力特朗普胜选。
这份2017年的情报共同体评估报告包含了斯蒂尔档案，这份早已被证伪的备忘录合集声称特朗普与俄罗斯勾结，但布伦南在国会作证时称，该文件“绝未作为情报共同体所做评估的依据”。众议院共和党人指控布伦南在2023年司法委员会作证时撒谎，否认中情局在准备该评估报告时使用了斯蒂尔档案。司法部的调查仍在进行中。
据美联社报道，布伦南的律师表示，他们已被告知他是此次调查的目标，但未被告知开展此次调查的“任何合法正当依据”。
布伦南此前也曾驳斥相关不当行为指控，包括特朗普及其盟友称布伦南帮助宣扬“人为编造的说法”，即俄罗斯干预2016年选举以帮助特朗普，这一说法成为联邦调查局对特朗普2016年竞选团队进行通俄调查的核心内容。
众议院司法委员会主席、俄亥俄州共和党人吉姆·乔丹上月在《汉尼提》节目中接受福克斯新闻采访时表示，司法部的调查“正愈演愈烈”，并预测布伦南很快将面临“问责”。
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Obama CIA chief under DOJ scrutiny pushes fringe Trump ouster plan
Brennan, currently under DOJ investigation, claims the 25th Amendment ‘was written with Donald Trump in mind’
April 13, 2026 1:06pm EDT / Fox News
By Elaine Mallon, Fox News
Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office, joining a growing list of Democrats who say Trump’s Truth Social posts threatening Iran were unlawful.
Brennan, who is currently under investigation by the Justice Department, appeared on MS NOW for an interview with Ali Velshi. He said that the 25th Amendment, which establishes the protocol to remove the president, “was written with Donald Trump in mind.”
“Allowing someone like this to continue to be the commander in chief and to control the tremendous capabilities of the U.S. military, including our nuclear weapons capability, which he seemed to allude to when he said he’s going to just eliminate a entire civilization,” Brennan said. “Again, we really are in very, very troubling times.”
More than 70 lawmakers are calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against Trump following a slew of threats he made on Truth Social toward Iran regarding reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
TRUMP IRAN THREAT SPARKS CALLS FOR HIS OUSTER, BUT ONE DEM SAYS EFFORT ‘NOT REALISTIC’
John Brennan, Former CIA Director appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., on October 6, 2019. President Donald Trump prepares to sign paperwork during a White House signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on March 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(William B. Plowman/NBC NewsWire/Getty Images | Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The president made his first threat on Easter Sunday, giving Iran a deadline of Tuesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. Hours before the deadline, Trump posted on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”
“I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
President Donald Trump addresses the nation at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2026.(Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters)
Right before the deadline, Trump announced that the United States and Iran had reached a two-week ceasefire agreement. But after negotiations in Pakistan this weekend, Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday that the U.S. Navy will begin to block all ships entering and exiting the Strait of Hormuz beginning Monday.
Since the start of the Iran war, Brennan has been publicly outspoken in his criticism of Trump’s handling of the conflict. He’s been a regular on MS NOW, suggesting a month ago that Trump is “flailing” and “clueless” about handling the war.
John Brennan, former CIA director; NBC News senior national security and intelligence analyst, appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 15, 2018.(William B. Plowman/NBCUniversal)
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Notably, the Justice Department launched an investigation into Brennan in July 2025, stemming from allegations that Brennan improperly handled a 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, which found that Russia was seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor.
The 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment included the Steele dossier, a debunked collection of memos alleging Trump colluded with Russia, but Brennan testified before Congress that the document “was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community assessment that was done.” House Republicans alleged that Brennan had lied in his 2023 Judiciary Committee testimony by denying that the CIA used the Steele dossier in preparing the assessment. The DOJ investigation is ongoing.
Lawyers for Brennan said they have been informed he is a target of the investigation but have not been told of any “legally justifiable basis for undertaking this investigation,” according to The Associated Press.
Brennan also previously pushed back on the allegations of wrongdoing, including claims from Trump and his allies that Brennan helped promote a “contrived narrative” that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit Trump, which became central to the FBI’s Russia collusion investigation of Trump’s 2016 campaign.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News that the DOJ probe is “heating up” last month in an appearance on “Hannity” and predicted that Brennan would soon face “accountability.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
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