Brennan worries that if he loses, Trump could provoke civil unrest, declare martial law or take other damaging steps before Joe Biden is inaugurated.
WASHINGTON – Former CIA Director John Brennan isn’t worried about the Trump administration trying to prosecute him. Nor is he all that concerned about a peaceful transfer of power if President Donald Trump loses the election – particularly if it’s a resounding defeat, as Brennan hopes.
"When I think about my time in the White House what a president can do, quite frankly, I don't want to give Donald Trump any more ideas than he might already have,” he told USA TODAY in wide-ranging interview to promote his book,"Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, At Home and Abroad." Who's undecided?: Donald Trump's toughest hurdle to pull off a win is that most minds are already made up
Trump and Brennan have tussled from the start, but their animosity exploded after Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in July of 2018. During a news conference after their one-on-one meeting, Trump questioned the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and appeared to accept Putin's denials."It got worse from there," Brennan said in Friday's interview.
Leading up to Nov. 3, Brennan said he is less worried about a cyberattack on America's voting infrastructure than he is about the power of foreign actors – namely Russia but also China, Iran and other U.S. foes – to distort Americans' views of the two candidates and the issues at play.
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