Sen. Rand Paul
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"We've got some bad apples that need to be dismissed from the swamp of Washington, sent on their way,” Paul said during a dinner hosted by Turning Point USA’s High School Leadership Summit. “I'm thinking maybe, how about John Brennan
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“Does anybody in their right mind think that John Brennan, who said that the president is treasonous, should have a security clearance?” the senator added, referring to the former CIA director under President Obama.
Paul had sparked controversy earlier this week when he tweeted that he was meeting with President Trump
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The White House later confirmed during a press briefing that it was considering stripping several top intelligence officials of their clearances, including Brennan, former FBI director James Comey
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Paul also targeted the latter two during his comments on Tuesday night, which he delivered to a room of over 600 high school conservatives at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
“James Clapper came to the U.S. Senate in 2013, looked us in the eye, and lied under oath,” Paul said. “This is a felony. James Clapper should be in jail for lying to the government.”
Paul also went after Comey and his decision to...