Were hearing from a source, they told rich edson that mike pompeo, the secretary of state himself went to President Trump and said you need to fire this guy, steve linick. We found out late last night that he would be dismissed in 30 days. An obama era employee who briefed on ukraine last fall. The white house not commenting why the president did this. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put out a lengthy statement about the friday night firing. Its concerning that the president has taken the action as the house passes the heroes act, which contains critical funding for the state department ig to oversee and ensure the effective wise spending of Coronavirus Response funds. This firing will set back the important work of the office of Inspector General to perform critical audits, investigations and inspection of u. S. Embassies and programs around the world during the crisis. Kristin, this is interesting, this is from the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee eliot engel. Ive learned that
The Trump Administration considering revoking more security clearances for current or former officials with connections to the russia investigation. This, as former cia director john brennan is speaking out about the president taking away his clearances. This is an egregious act that it flies in the face of traditional practice, as well as common sense, as well as National Security. I think thats why theres been such an outcry from many intelligence officials, know the to support me, but to support the principle that security clearances are something thats very, very solemn and sacred and they never ever should be used for political purposes. All right, john brennan there on msnbc. Fox News National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin joining us now. Were about 48 hours into this. This seems to be the beginning rather than the end. Well, leland, there are very clear signs that President Trump is preparing to strip the security clearances of eight more, and one Current Justice Depar
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