As President Donald Trump mulls whether to revoke the security clearance of at least nine other former officials who have been critical of his presidency, former CIA Director John Brennan, whose clearance was abruptly pulled Wednesday afternoon, said the maneuver is just another White House attempt to “scare” others “into silence.”
In an op-ed in the New York Times published Thursday, Brennan outlined why Russia’s denials of meddling in the 2016 election and Trump’s claims of “no collusion” are “hogwash” and suggested it’s of matter of not if collusion happened, but whether that conspiring constitutes “criminally liable conspiracy,” he said.
“Mr. Trump clearly has become more desperate to protect himself and those close to him, which is why he made the politically motivated decision to revoke my security clearance in an attempt to scare into silence others who might dare to challenge him,” he wrote. “Now more than ever, it is critically important that the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and his team of investigators be allowed to complete their work without interference — from Mr. Trump or anyone else — so that all Americans can get the answers they so rightly deserve.”
Read the full op-ed here.
Oh what will Friday bring!
When we kick the current maladministration out of the government (and into jail for many of them), I’m not sure that all of the disinfectant in the world will be enough. We may have to burn the White House and other government buildings down and then rebuild them in order to get rid of the stench and the poisons.
John Brennan knows more about the level of cooperation between the Trump Campaign and the Russian government than anyone. Those Russian contacts were all electronically monitored, and all of the conversations with the Trumpers have been in the possession of the IC for two years. Brennan is stating publicly that the Mueller investigation is down to determining the level of criminal conspiracy that occurred during the campaign.
Trump will spend the rest of his life in prison.
I think it is amusing that Fat Nixon is so stupid he thinks this will work.
Dunning -Kruger indeed
The intelligence community support each other against external threats for the good of the nation.
An unjustified attack on one of them is an attack on all of them.
The orange moron has just ignited more resistance from the people who know all the secrets.
Payback will be a bitch Trump
Just wait
Trump is so moron-stupid I bet he thinks this Brennan is also the Brennan who testified in Manafort’s trial and that is why he revoked his clearance.
