Rudy Giuliani, the lead lawyer on President Trump’s legal team, said Sunday he would capitalize on former CIA Director John Brennan taking legal action after the president revoked Brennan’s security clearance, using the opportunity to ask him questions under oath.
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“Well, then we take his deposition right away,” Giuliani said during an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” when asked about Brennan pledging to do whatever he can “personally” to prevent Trump from pulling clearances from ex-intelligence or law enforcement officials without proper cause.
“As the plaintiff, he would have to go first and I would, I mean I’d volunteer to do that case for the president,” Giuliani continued. “I’d love to have Brennan under oath for I don’t know how many days, two or three days? We’ll find out about Brennan.”
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced during Wednesday’s briefing that Brennan’s clearance had been pulled because he made “a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations — wild outbursts on the Internet and television — about this administration.”
Speaking to NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Brennan mentioned that he had been contacted by a number of attorneys about possibly challenging the decision in court.
WATCH: Former CIA Director @JohnBrennan says, “I have been contacted by a number of lawyers,” after security clearance was revoked. #MTP pic.twitter.com/1zOGdXPnJB
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 19, 2018
The developments follow the White House naming in July a number of former government officials whose clearances had come under review after they had spoken out about Trump.
Brennan, who has served presidents from both parties, has been a staunch critic of Trump. He wrote in a Thursday opinion piece for the New York Times that Trump’s claims that he had not colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign were “hogwash.”
