'Desperate move': DOJ gets thrashed for investigating Dems after Epstein fallout

The announcement on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has opened an investigation into former F.B.I. Director James Comey and CIA Director John Brennan was met with swift condemnation online.

According to a report by Fox News, citing "Justice Department sources," a criminal investigation has been opened against both men. Brennen is being investigated for allegedly lying to Congress, while details about the Comey investigation were not immediately revealed, the report says.

The investigation was launched less than 24 hours after Trump's DOJ declined to release further details about the Jeffrey Epstein case, a move that sparked fury in Trump's MAGA base.

Commentators shared their thoughts about the new DOJ investigation on social media.

"In a desperate move to throw red meat to the MAGA base after the Jeffrey Epstein news, Kash Patel’s FBI has launched a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey over potential wrongdoing related to the Trump–Russia probe, Fox News reports," Republicans Against Trump posted on its X account. "Truly pathetic."

"The guys who chased Russian interference are now the suspects," reads another post on X. "Because in MAGA’s America, loyalty to Trump isn’t optional, it’s law."

"In an attempt to deflect from the pedophile in the White House for refusing to allow Pam Bondi to release the Epstein files, Kash Patel and the FBI have opened an investigation into James Comey and John Brennan over Putin helping Trump get elected in 2016," reads another post on X. "Comey and Brennan are scapegoats."

"We’re approaching the show trial stage of authoritarian takeover," Aaron Rupar posted on Bluesky.

"Brennan should ask for a jury which will acquit him...And every member of Trump's cabinet should understand that prison awaits when the regime falls," reads another post on Bluesky.