GOP takes aim at Comey, Brennan

Republicans are targeting former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeySchiff requests briefings from intel chiefs on Barr 'spying' probe Geraldo Rivera: Comey, Clapper, Brennan should be 'quaking' in their boots over Barr investigation Barr defends use of 'spying' to describe Trump campaign probe MORE and former CIA Director John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanGeraldo Rivera: Comey, Clapper, Brennan should be 'quaking' in their boots over Barr investigation Brennan shreds 'misleading & highly politicized' Barr memo Attorney General Barr puts former intel bosses on notice MORE as they seek to bring more attention to what they say was an unfair investigation of President TrumpDonald John TrumpOcasio-Cortez returns to bartending in support of tipped workers: 'Still got it!' Trade wars have cost stock market trillion: Deutsche Bank analysis Dollar stores warn they will have to raise prices over tariffs MORE launched in the Obama administration.The effort to spotlight the intelligence officials comes as Democratic calls to impeach President Trump rise in the wake of special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerDemocratic lawmaker: 'The only thing I can get on TV to talk about' is impeachment Biden campaign: Impeachment 'may be unavoidable' now Chris Christie: Mueller 'contradicts' Barr's summary of his findings MORE’s first public remarks about his investigation.The White House says the real controversy is the investigation of Trump that preceded Mueller's probe, an argument Democrats contend is just a conspiracy theory peddled in order to distract from his presidential woes.Trump and GOP lawmakers are seeking to pin blame on Comey and Brennan over the use of the so-called “Steele” dossier in the surveillance warrant application that ultimately allowed the FBI to wiretap a member of the Trump campaign in 2016.The dossier, a shadowy document that makes a series of salacious allegations about Trump, has long been a flashpoint for Republicans.Some Republicans allege that FBI investigators relied too heavily on it to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.