Sen. Rand Paul is following through on his plan to talk to President Donald Trump about revoking the security clearance for ex-CIA director John Brennan.
The Kentucky Republican vowed he would be speaking with the president about the issue when discussing reports of Brennan’s alleged security clearance with Fox News host Tucker Carlson last week.
Paul found it “alarming” that the former CIA director would still have his security clearance even as he steps into a new career as senior national security and intelligence analyst at NBC.
The senator wondered if Brennan was “monetizing his security clearance” in a tweet on Monday, adding that he was meeting with Trump to request the removal of that clearance for the former Obama official.
Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump ?
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 23, 2018
Today I will meet with the President and I will ask him to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 23, 2018
“If he has top-secret clearance as unhinged as he is now, he’s calling the president treasonous, saying he is for the death penalty of the president,” Paul told Carlson.
Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is calling for Brennan, who has been a vocal Trump-hater, to testify before Congress. Brennan slammed the president’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki as “treasonous,” and suggested the intelligence community can “withhold vital intelligence” from a sitting president as a result.
Ex-CIA chief Brennan says agencies can ‘withhold vital intelligence’ from POTUS in retaliation https://t.co/3G0vcKiAL0 pic.twitter.com/YiVizAToGG
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) July 18, 2018
Paul’s plan to meet with Trump about Brennan and his reported security clearance was met with applause on Twitter as many saw it as a “long overdue” action.
It should have been revoked a long time ago. Dude is clearly unhinged. https://t.co/kGeKQY0qH4
— RBe (@RBPundit) July 23, 2018
Good! Most people with clearances have to be serving in a position that requires a clearance. The same standard should apply to Brennan. Now he’s just using his access to classified info to make money and to disrupt the President’s agenda.
— Michael Parnell (@parnellwrites) July 23, 2018
Awesome?? Thank you @RandPaul for taking on #JohnBrennan. He’s is so full of hatred…you can imagine how he used his power to stop anyone who he deemed a threat. Very scary he still has Security Clearance!! Be careful & Prayers
— ???PatriotKimberlee???Jesus Is Lord♥? (@BlessPres45) July 23, 2018
Well done, and long overdue. https://t.co/YAj3vVQGVE
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) July 23, 2018
Those security clearances should be pulled when a persons service or office days are over. When they leave the building the clearances stay there.
— CalvinConservative (@flooringguy43) July 23, 2018
Should have been done along time ago. Thank You for making it a priority!
— INDEPENDENT DOTTIE (@GIAMIKKO) July 23, 2018
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