And a day feels like a year:
"extraordinary breaking news — Donald Trump today releasing an enemies list — a list of former national security officials that his White House is targeting for the possible punishment of stripping these officials of their security clearances" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/gU07IKzJ73
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) July 23, 2018
This may look like an original WH idea, but pulling security clearances of Trump critics has been floated on Gateway Pundit in recent months, and Sebastian Gorka said the idea on Judge Pirro's show soon after
Again, these people — often dismissed as fringe — are driving policy https://t.co/ZPSeiaTp9d
— Astead (@AsteadWH) July 23, 2018
NEW: The FBI seized *12* audio recordings from President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen. A special master reviewing the evidence turned them over to federal prosecutors on Friday. pic.twitter.com/1d17XIRyj0
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) July 23, 2018
Sarah Sanders says that the White House is looking into revoking the security clearances of John Brennan, James Comey, Jim Clapper, Michael Hayden, Susan Rice and Andrew McCabe. Sanders says it's because these officials have allegedly made "baseless charges" against Trump.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1021469413948690434
1. SO: James Brennan, Conor O'Brien, Donna Duggan, Dennis Raico and Cindy Laporta are the five witnesses who have been granted immunity at the Manafort trial. They will testify against him. https://t.co/VXqweNBgEF
— Ale (@aliasvaughn) July 23, 2018
This is completely insane.
The WH already politicized the granting of clearances to corrupt people in the WH.
Now they are politicizing the revocation of clearances.
The Commander in Chief should have no role in this process. He doesn't have the knowledge to do this. https://t.co/E1feHIhd8I— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) July 23, 2018
BREAKING: There isn’t just one audio file in the Michael Cohen matter.
There are at least 12, and prosecutors got them on Friday – when the Times story ran on one of them. pic.twitter.com/FrZNaawVt5
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 23, 2018
And the number of security cleared commentators at Fox to whom this edict applies would be?
My understanding is that none of these officials retains their security clearances anyhow – as is normal when they leave government.