Posted on 07/25/2017 8:22:26 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Former CIA Director John Brennan said he believes if the White House tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, officials should refuse to do so. Those orders would be “inconsistent” with the duties of the executive branch, he said.
“First of all, I think it’s the obligation of some executive branch officials to refuse to carry out some of these orders that are again inconsistent with what this country is all about,” Brennan told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer at the Aspen Security Forum.
“I would just hope this is not going to be a partisan issue. That Republicans and Democrats are going to see that the future of this country is at stake, and there needs to be some things done for the good of the future,” he continued.
Brennan’s comments come as tension between President Trump and Mueller, who was appointed to lead the probe into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, has mounted in recent days.
Trump warned Mueller in a New York Times interview on Wednesday not to look into his past business transactions, however Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Mueller was already delving into Trump’s financial ties.
The Washington Post reported on Friday that Trump’s legal team was exploring ways to use what they say are Mueller’s conflicts of interests to benefit the president in the investigation.
Mueller has wide bipartisan support despite Trump's criticism. Brennan, who served during the Obama administration, expressed his confidence in Mueller at the forum, saying “they don’t come any better.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Leave Mueller alone. I think the dems would love to have Trump fire Mueller. They would blow this all out of proportion and this would be a “scandal” worse than the Saturday Night Massacre when Nixon fired Cox.
Meh, then fire the “refusers”.
From the guy that lied under oath, then laughed about it. He obviously doesn’t care about the rule of law, or the constitution.
Thank you.
I’ve been bringing up references to the Saturday Night Massacre for the last few days also. If Trump were to re-enact his own SNM, would not the dems and the press howl with delight over that?
Of course they would.
It’s not widely known, in Arabic “Brennan” means “evil swamp creature”.
This kind of attitude prevails among leftists, who think they run the government still.
Says the traitorous muslim appointed by Obama
Brennan is worried that he and Clapper may eventually be indicted for attempting a coup...
Intel Vets Challenge ‘Russia Hack’ Evidence
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/
They said..."Sorry"...and that was the end of it.
A leopard doesn't change its spots.
It is rather interesting
John Brennan has been a cancer for a long time
This is open sedition against the elected President of The United States.
This isn’t a crosstown high school rivalry between the Democrats and Republicans.
This is open sedition.
He should be. He probably ordered the hit on Michael Hastings.
I would love to see someone “Senator Ellis “Pat” Geary,” John Brennan...Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Brennan, Clapper, Commey. All democrats political appointments doing what they do best: Protecting other entrenched democrat political positions and people.
He’s a muslim convert. Any concern of his for the United States is taqiiya.
Possibly the only known Communist ever appointed to be Director of the CIA, by Obama, of course. He definitely doesn’t want anyone looking into his background and affiliations with known enemies of the USA.
The USC (US Code of regulations) very clearly and with very exacting and specificity outlines the:
1. Requirements for a special prosecutor to be assigned. (A CRIME) had to have been committed and there was not one)
2. Requirements, framework and limitations for the seated special prosecutor that MUST be followed. (No fishing expeditions or coloring outside of the very specific lines for the investigation)
A “gone rouge” employee on the government payroll must then be fired by the chief executive (the boss) once laws or rules have been broken.
How do we spell S-E-D-I-T-I-O-N?
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