BRENNAN ON MSNBC: "That seems to be the intention, which is to damage individuals. You can damage them reputationally, you can damage them financially, professionally, and so on. And so by putting out these investigations or making these referrals or whatever, it does a lot of damage already, even if it never goes to trial or doesn't go to a conviction or whatever. And that's the intent.
And unfortunately, Donald Trump, who, as the President of the United States, has tremendous authority and ability to use the instruments of government. And you're talking about the Attorney General of the United States, the Department of Justice, that is supposed to be the institution that's going to represent the laws and liberties and freedoms of this country to make sure that they are going to be protected.
It's very unfortunate that Donald Trump has been able to do this, much different than in his first term, because in his first term he had people who were willing to push back. This time he does not."
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