Lewandowski blasts backlash over Trump security clearance retractions: 'It's fake outrage'
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 08/19/18 07:01 AM EDT
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Sunday decried members of the intelligence community and the news media for what he said was "fake outrage" over President Trump's decision to terminate former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance.
Lewandowski told radio host John Catsimatidis in an interview on AM 970 in New York that there was no reason for Brennan to be "privy" to national secrets given he no longer holds a government position.
“It’s fake outrage. What secrets do we think former Director of Central Intelligence Brennan still has to be privy to?" Lewandowski said. "And what communication [is there where] he is required to have a top-secret security clearance that he still needs to have with the current administration?" Lewandowski went on to accuse Brennan of " profiteering" off of the information he had access to with his security clearance.
"He is a paid political pundit for television. And any information that he is receiving on top-secret issues should no longer be relayed to him," Lewandowski said. "He should not have access to classified information. And he takes that information and he probably is profiteering off of it by sitting on boards and other places that he can utilize the information for material gain.”
more + audio recording of the interview:
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/402482-lewandowski-blasts-backlash-to-trump-over-security-clearances-its
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