Ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s son Kyle has been arrested for the alleged possession of child sexual abuse materials, the Daily Mail is first to report.
FBI agents took Brennan, 40, into custody at his workplace in Herndon, Virginia, on Friday afternoon.
A search warrant of his personal cell phone was executed by FBI last night, according to a law enforcement source.
The criminal complaint was signed by a Virginia judge on Friday.
Brennan is facing a felony charge for the ‘transportation of child pornography’ after child sexual abuse material was allegedly found on his phone, according to court documents.
He is scheduled to make his first appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia later today.
According to a sworn affidavit entered into court on Friday, the FBI’s review of his iPhone ‘observed approximately 88 images that appeared to depict minor girls, including prepubescent girls, engaged in sexually explicit conduct.’
The document says the there was a graphic image of a female toddler and another picture of a ‘fully nude pubescent minor girl on a locker bench.’
Ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s son Kyle has been arrested for the alleged possession of child sexual abuse materials, the Daily Mail is first to report
John Brennan (far right) is pictured with his son Kyle (next to him) and the rest of his family
Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Brennan after his swearing in with son Kyle (left) looking on in 2013
Her ‘wrist and ankles were bound and her mouth was gagged,’ according to the report.
According to police reports, Brennan’s iPhone was obtained during a traffic stop on July 24, 2024. The investigation was not referred to the FBI until October 2, 2026.
The Daily Mail has reached out to a representative for John Brennan for comment on the arrest of his son.
A request for comment to the Justice Department and FBI was not returned.
His shock arrest comes as DOJ continues its federal investigation into the former CIA director, who served under former President Barack Obama.
The case centers on whether Obama-era officials conspired to create the conspiracy that the Trump campaign illegally worked with Russia ahead of the 2016 election – which has since been widely debunked.
Brennan is reportedly a ‘subject’ of that broader probe, though apparently not the main target.
Kyle (far left) is picture in a post on social media with his wife Rebecca Edwards in 2024
John and Kathy Brennan attended the Thurgood Marshall College Fund 27th Annual Awards Gala at the Washington Hilton in 2015
The former CIA director served under former President Barack Obama
Prosecutors are also investigating whether he knowingly made false statements to a House committee in 2023 about the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia sought to aid Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
It is an allegation Brennan has vehemently denied.
The so-called grand conspiracy case has ground to a halt in recent months.
The Daily Mail was first to report in September that Trump loyalist Kurt Olsen and at least six other prosecutors have departed the investigation in the Southern District of Florida.
It is a major blow to the Justice Department’s long-running probe.
It had followed pressure from Department of Justice officials in Washington to proceed with securing indictments before the midterm elections, according to a source familiar with the matter.
