A conservative, red-state Republican on the House Intelligence Committee drew a line. We now know Trump crossed that line. (via MaddowBlog)
According to the reporting, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, some of the documents seized at Donald Trump’s glorified country club were so highly sensitive that they fell under the category of “special-access programs.”
On the show last night, Alex spoke to John Brennan, the former director of the CIA, who acknowledged that the documents in question are “part of special-access programs, SAPs.” He added, “These are documents that are the most highly sensitive and highly restrictive within the U.S. government.” But a handful of GOP officials were quietly open to the possibility that Trump had gone too far. PoliticoIn an interview, Rep. Chris Stewart , an Intelligence Committee member, said it was important for the panel to glean additional information and acknowledged that mishandling of sensitive classified information would be a serious violation. “I mean, if he had actual Special Access Programs — do you know how extraordinarily sensitive that is? That’s very, very sensitive.
A conservative, red-state Republican on the House Intelligence Committee drew a line. We now know the former president crossed that line. So as we recently
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