Kyle Brennan, the 40-year-old son of former CIA Director John Brennan, was arrested by the FBI on Friday on federal child p-rnography charges, a law enforcement source confirmed to the Daily Caller. He was charged in the Eastern District of Virginia with knowingly transporting child p-rnography using a means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce.
An affidavit viewed by the Daily Caller says Kyle Brennan used an Adobe product tied to his Apple ID to upload child s-xual abuse material, including an image described as a morphed photo combining the face of one minor girl with the naked body of another. The affidavit describes the image as focusing on the minor’s genitals and says the girl whose body appears in the photo “seems to be in the early stages of puberty.”
According to the affidavit, records obtained by the Warrenton Police Department from Comcast showed the IP address used to upload the suspected files was registered to Kyle Brennan at an address in Warrenton, Virginia. The FBI did not respond to a request for comment. Investigators with the Kyle Brennan child p-rnography arrest had seized and searched his cellular phone the evening before his arrest, according to the Daily Mail, which first reported the story.
Federal agents found nearly 90 images of child s-xual abuse material on Kyle Brennan’s phone, the Mail reported, including a photo described as a fully nude pubescent minor girl on a locker bench.
His father, former CIA Director John Brennan, is himself a potential subject of a separate criminal investigation by the Trump administration over his alleged role in the Russiagate conspiracy. The elder Brennan was previously subpoenaed in connection with that probe. The Trump administration has also pursued legal action against other political figures, including Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, former FBI Director James Comey, and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Kyle Brennan faces federal charges in Virginia. No court date has been publicly announced. Share your thoughts on this story in the comments below or on social media.
