The son of former CIA Director John Brennan has been charged with “transportation of child pornography”, according to court documents and a U.S. law enforcement official.
Kyle Brennan, of Warrenton, Virginia, was charged on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. According to the criminal complaint, an FBI review of his mobile phone found 88 images that appeared to show child sexual abuse.
Kyle Brennan was under arrest. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer. He has not been convicted of any crime.
The complaint states that the investigation into Kyle Brennan began independently of the Justice Department’s inquiry into his father.
It originated in 2024 with a tip to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a child protection organisation. Virginia authorities searched his home in July 2024, and the case was referred to the FBI last month, according to the complaint.
John Brennan, who led the CIA under President Barack Obama, is a longtime critic of President Donald Trump. The Justice Department has been investigating him for more than a year as part of a wider probe, dubbed the “grand conspiracy” investigation by both supporters and critics, into whether law enforcement and intelligence officials violated Trump’s civil rights in earlier investigations of him.
The former CIA director has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyers have accused prosecutors of improperly targeting him at Trump’s direction.
He was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury last month, but his appearance was postponed after Joseph diGenova, the Justice Department official leading the investigation, resigned in September.
The conspiracy investigation has stalled in recent weeks following the resignations of senior prosecutors overseeing it. No charges have been brought.
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