Posted on 08/18/2018 10:26:01 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former CIA Director John Brennan said that he didn’t mean President Trump had committed treason when he called Trump’s press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin “nothing short of treason."
Brennan clarified the comment during an interview Friday, after MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said Brennan said the press conference “rose to treason.”
The former CIA director disputed the characterization of his "treason" tweet, saying that he felt compelled to make the comment after Trump sided with Putin’s denials of Russian election interference.
“And for Mr. Trump to so cavalierly so dismiss that, yes, sometimes my Irish comes out and in my tweets,” Brennan said. “And I did say that it rises to and exceeds the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and nothing short of treasonous, because he had the opportunity there to be able to say to the world that this is something that happened.”
“And that’s why I said it was nothing short of treasonous. I didn’t mean that he committed treason. But it was a term that I used, nothing short of treasonous,” he said.
Maddow then pressed Brennan on his use of the term, noting that saying “nothing short of treasonous means it’s treason.”
She then asked Brennan if he believes that Trump is “serving a foreign country rather than our own.”
“Well, yes,” he replied. “I think he has crossed the line repeatedly in terms of his failure to fulfill the responsibility of the office. And to look Putin square in the eye and say, this should never, ever happen again.”
Brennan's tweet about Trump's behavior at the press conference made national headlines, as Trump faced widespread criticism for his remarks. The president later walked back his comments about Russia's role in election interference, claiming that he misspoke.
Trump revoked Brennan's security clearance on Wednesday, a move viewed by critics as an attempt to silence the highly-critical former CIA director.
Trump cited Brennan's "lying and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary" in the reasoning behind the decision, and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied that the move was retaliatory.
Can he please just...go away and retire somewhere? Good grief!
backpedaling blowhard, love that he’s on the defense now.
Rowing on the Potomac River in the fog is always an alternative.
Between him and Cuomo we’re going to need a new English dictionary.
The deep staters are realizing ol’ John here is putting all their lifetime security clearances in jeopardy.
Wishy Washy Lefty or is he Lying
Too late Brennan, you snivellng d*ucheb@g!!!
No do-overs LMAO!!!!
Take your rug and hit the bricks. Your 15 minutes are way up, John.
Notice the hack is avoiding explaining that the Trump campaign colluded
with Russia. Just the other day he said that Trump’s denial of collusion
with Russia was “Hogwash”.
Put up or shut up you Muslim hack.
"OK, DONE."
He lies under oath so lying any other time just comes naturally.....
He is nailed. Accuses the President of treason and then denies it with the classic “who are you going to believe, me or your lying ears”, while Obama and Brennan did nothing in the face of this Russian meddling. Colossal bullshit artist.
Using the credibility of his office to make wild ass accusations that are wrong.
A tired partisan who lied about his own illegal spying on the senate.
Try him.
Response to Adm. Mcraven:
Its interesting that Mcraven was quite as a mouse when obama was decimating our military. Its also note worthy that hillary wanted him as VP running mate.
http://usdefensewatch.com/2018/08/an-open-letter-to-admiral-william-mcraven/
Incredible. Literally.
sometimes one really gets to wishing we had a dictatorship that would shut up these traitorous big-mouthed Aholes!
all their insane, delusional, ad hominem invective these past few months (especially regarding PDJT, who has yet to do ANYTHING to warrant any of their defamations!........).....
too much of this kind of deliberate lying POISON and our entire Public Square (and representational system of governance) will collapse
which is, of course, exactly their objective....
So a guy who doesn't say what Brennan thinks he should is a traitor, guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors"? Interesting logic. Thank God Brennan isn't in charge of anything more important than drooling on the table at NBC.
1. If he has evidence that President Trump committed treason, then he has a legal obligation to make it public. He hasn't done this.
2. If he has no such evidence, then he is lying his ass off and damaging the credibility of the position he held that allows him to have the security clearance in the first place.
So when faced with this dilemma where either option destroys his credibility and vindicates his critics, he does what all Democrats do ... he simply tells the world with a straight face that he didn't say what everyone knows he said.
FUBrennan, Islamic Commie traitor.
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