John Thune and Tom Cotton Are Blocking DOJ from Obtaining Brennan Transcripts before US Senate Committees – Impeding Investigation into Former CIA Chief With friends like John Thune and Tom Cotton — who needs enemies? John Solomon from Just the News broke the news on Wednesday that Majority Leader John Thune and Senator Tom Cotton are blocking DOJ investigator Joe diGenova from obtaining the transcripts of John Brennan’s interviews with the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. This is holding up the investigation into Brennan and his roll in the deep state coup to take down President Trump in 2016. Apparently, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche refuses to authorize a subpoena to the US Senate to obtain the documents. What is going on? John Solomon broke this news earlier on Wednesday on The War Room with Steve Bannon.