Former Nixon Era Prosecutor Calls Trump's Attack On Brennan 'More Serious Than Watergate'
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Posted on Thu, Aug 16th, 2018 by Sean Colarossi
Former Nixon Era Prosecutor Calls Trumps Attack On Brennan More Serious Than Watergate
Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks said Donald Trumps push to strip the security clearance of former intelligence officials is eerily similar to the tactics used by Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
It is exactly the same thing, Wine-Banks said during an interview with MSNBCs Ali Velshi. It is something that he didnt get away with during the Watergate era.
On Wednesday, Trump revoked former CIA director John Brennans security clearance as political payback for Brennans public criticisms of the president.
Jill Wine-Banks explained how this behavior mirrors Nixons, and she said Trump should be held accountable in the same way.
Wine-Banks said:
It is exactly the same thing. And it is something that [Nixon] didnt get away with during the Watergate era and that the president shouldnt be allowed to get away with. We need more people who will stand up and tell the truth to Donald Trump, not fewer. Instead of taking away security clearances, he should be listening to them. When Nixon used the enemies list, he used the IRS to go after his reported enemies which included mainly a lot of journalists and that seems to be one of the big targets of Donald Trump. But now hes actually going against civil servants and the intelligence community, which puts at risk our national security. Not just the freedom of the press, but the freedom of our whole country is at risk with this. So its probably even more serious than Watergate.
Trumps presidency is on the verge of collapse
From so many different legal and political angles, Donald Trumps presidency is on the verge of collapse. He may not verbally acknowledge this, but his panicked behavior has made it abundantly clear.
From his increasingly erratic tweets to his targeting of former intelligence officials to his repeated efforts to undermine Robert Muellers investigation,
Trump is not acting like a man who knows he is innocent.
As Donald Trumps behavior continues to deteriorate, the threat he poses to the rule of law and the national security of the United States continues to increase. His presidency should share the same fate as Richard Nixons and be tossed into the scrap heap of history.