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Trump gears up to strip more security clearances as part of his escalating attack against officials tied to the Russia probe. Trump has already fired or threatened to fire nearly a dozen current & former officials associated with the investigation.
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"Trump is obstructing justice in plain sight." -@JillWineBanks
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RECALL: Immediately following Comey's testimony re his firing in JUN 2017, Trump ordered a smear campaign targeting FBI officials who could corroborate Comey's account that Trump told him to drop the Flynn probe: McCabe, Baker, Rybicki & Lisa Page.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/987918119694979074

ICYMI: In addition to @JohnBrennan, Trump wants to revoke security clearances of Clapper & @Comey.
Jan 6, 2017: Clapper, Brennan, Comey briefed Trump on a stream of intelligence that had captured Putin’s direct orders to sway the 2016 election.
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Trump plans to quickly revoke the security clearance of DOJ official Bruce Ohr’s, who's set to testify before House GOP next month re his contacts with Fusion GPS. Not having a security clearance could hamper Ohr's ability to prepare his testimony.
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Jun 2017: Trump ordered senior aides to launch a smear campaign to discredit 3 FBI officials who could corroborate @Comey's account that Trump told him to drop the Flynn probe: McCabe, Baker, Rybicki, and later, Page.
All 4 have now left the FBI.
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But ousting officials from FBI/DOJ [@SallyQYates, @Comey, McCabe, Baker, Rybicki, Page, @petestrzok] doesn't prevent them from testifying. So now, as @maddow pointed out, Trump is revoking clearances of Mueller probe witnesses to hamper their ability to prep for hearings.
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As Trump is prone to do, he admitted to obstruction after revoking the clearance of @JohnBrennan [who, along w/ Clapper & @Comey, briefed Trump in Jan 2017 on Russian interference]: "These people led the witch hunt...something that had to be done."
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NEW: The White House has already drafted documents revoking more security clearances of current & former officials whom Trump has demanded be punished for criticizing him or playing a role in the Mueller probe – BECAUSE HE'S GUILTY.
by @jdawsey1 #Maddow wapo.st/2PhT9kj?tid=ss…

Sarah Sanders & Bill Shine have discussed the optimum times to release the revoked clearances as a distraction during unfavorable news cycles. The decision to make Brennan's official was to divert attention from nonstop Omarosa coverage.
Pathetic.
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