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New: The Justice Department is preparing to issue a series of grand jury subpoenas as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan and the probes by the CIA and FBI into Russian interference in the 2016 election, MSNBC has learned.

The investigation is being supervised by the U.S. Attorney in South Florida, Jason Quinones, in consultation with Justice Department senior staff in Washington, according to a source familiar with the matter and other information obtained by MSNBC.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Florida-based inquiry comes two years after a special counsel appointed by then Attorney General Bill Barr in the first Trump Administration concluded a lengthy and exhaustive investigation that found no criminal wrongdoing by Brennan or any other major figure connected with the Russian election interference matter.

A White House spokesman confirmed the existence of the grand jury investigation in August after Fox News reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the probe based on a criminal referral from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.