united states. this may only be the beginning. the white house as is it is considering revoking security clearances from other prominent critics of the president, people like former fbi director james comey, james clapper, former national security advisor susan rice, and the former deputy attorney general sally yates. here s democratic senator mark warner. this had an eerie memory of an enemies list. these people were being singled out to have either their clearances evoked, it smacks of nixonian type practices of trying to silence of anyone who is willing to criticize this president. that puts us again in uncharted territory. one person or not on white house s list of people who security clearances are now under review, michael flynn, the president s former national security advisor who is pled
have a perception out there that he has an enemies list, other than to distract from omarosa. i don t know. and mueller. and mueller. and manafort. thank you so much. let me get to some sound. this is what paul ryan recently said about the threat of revoking security clearances. this became a thing just earlier this summer. so here s what speaker ryan said. i think he s trolling people, honestly. this is something that s in the purview of the executive branch. i think some of these people have already lost their clearances. some people keep their clearances. that s something that the executive branch deals with. it s not really in our purview. what a profile in courage. david chalian, trolling, so says the house speaker. i guess it was trolling when it was a threat. now it seems the president took it even a step further. i thought it was interesting listening to your conversation with director clapper.
not sure, all breaking, but maybe a month or so ago that paul ryan was asked about this, this idea of revoking security clearances is one that has come up before. paul ryan was asked after it was mentioned about it. he said oh, i think he s just trolling people. now it s actually happened. you wonder what paul ryan s reaction will be now. and then if he begins to revoke the security clearance of others, the list is long, i read it, you went through some of them who have been his critics for a specific reason over time, if we re not beginning something that at least to his critics and to some others looks like it s retaliatory and precedent setting. as relates to paul ryan, might take a day or so until the question is posed to him. senators are returning back to capitol hill as we speak for a rare august recess. certainly that question, one would presume, would be posed to them as they trickle in.
hunt. at a campaign fundraiser earlier this week he called fact checkers at newspapers bad people. and now he s revoking security clearances of public servants who are members of the law enforcement and intelligence communities. why? because he s progressively and routinely trying to undermine the institutions in the united states that should function in a nonpartisan way and are part of keeping a check on the presidency and the federal government because he doesn t want to be checked, he doesn t want his voracity to be examined because he s doing exactly what people who have autocratic impulses do, which is to quash the opposition. tim o brien and davis priess on this story, thank you very much. up ahead, we got breaking news in the newsroom about what the jury is doing in the manafort trial within the last few minutes. and rudy giuliani s latest attack on mueller. back in 30 seconds. i believe, i really do believe that
the president s former national security adviser. he was fired by the obama administration, but allowed to keep clearance even as he led those lock her up chants. the president s plan seems to be unplanned likely at the suggestion of rand paul. he is considered a big vote in the supreme court battle. we have more from cnn s jeff zeleny on what the wall street journal calls a dumb idea. reporter: dave and christine, president trump taking the unprecedented step of talking about revoking security clearances from old obama administration officials. the officials have been critical of him and his presidency. this has never happened before. it is something we are told the white house is considering. in the white house briefing room, sarah sanders acknowledged the president is considering it when she said this. the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove the clearances because they monetize and politicize