Thursday, April 10, 2025

Trump Orders Probes of Two Former Officials who Defied Him

President Donald Trump directed federal agencies Wednesday to revoke the security clearances and review the activities of two high-level former government officials who questioned his election fraud claims and his conduct in his first term.

Posted by Corky at 09:31 AM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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NOW: Trump calls Miles Taylor a "traitor" and says he's "guilty of treason" due to penning the book "Anonymous". Doubles down on calling the 2020 election rigged. Supports voter suppression and also goes after a law firm and Christopher Krebs - and says he's a fraud. "A bad guy".

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-- Brian J. Karem (@briankarem.bsky.social) April 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM

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"Christopher Krebs, the former head of the federal government's top cybersecurity agency, said Joe Biden won the 2020 elections, contradicting Trump's claim that the election was stolen.

Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official, wrote an anonymous memoir that criticized Trump's handling of classified documents and other conduct during his first term."

"I said this would happen," Taylor wrote. "Dissent isn't unlawful. It certainly isn't treasonous. America is headed down a dark path."

He added: "Never has a man so inelegantly proved another man's point."

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The political pograms are begun.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-09 09:49 PM

Here's a video version plus:

"Today our President in Charge of Retribution ordered the Justice Department to investigate former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor over his "Anonymous" essay and book, which was released during Trump's first term.

Trump not only accused Taylor of committing treason, which is a capital offense, but he specifically names Taylor in one his so-called "Fact Sheets" on WhiteHouse.gov.

The Fact Sheet includes this rather disturbing line:

ERADICATING GOVERNMENT BETRAYAL: President Trump is committed to ending the weaponization of government and believes that those who engage in such conduct should not have access to our nation's secrets.

In this case, government betrayal refers to anyone who is not loyal to Donald J. Trump.

If Miles Taylor had written the "Anonymous" book about the Biden Administration, Trump wouldn't care one iota. In fact, Taylor might be receiving the Medal of Freedom from Trump."

www.youtube.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-09 09:54 PM

Hey MAGA idiots, surely you have something to say about this gross abuse of power?

Oh who am I kidding. Don't bother posting your excuses for why Dear Leader is perfectly within his rights and the Constitution to do this.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-10 04:36 AM

""Today our President in Charge of Retribution ordered the Justice Department to investigate former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor over his "Anonymous" essay and book, which was released during Trump's first term."

And total Trump ass kissing loyalist Pam Bondi is only too happy to go along with trampling freedom of speech.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2025-04-10 11:26 AM

That's nothing. Wait until you learn about the time when Dems ordered probes against Trump for something he didn't do with Russia, and they know he didn't do.

Hypocrisy is just another tool for you liberals.

#5 | Posted by humtake at 2025-04-10 11:45 AM

Hello Pam Bondi, if the GOP retains the House and Senate next year and Donald Trump then becomes President for Life (dictator), will you commit here and now that you will faithfully investigate all the unfortunate deaths that befall those on his enemies list? Or will you turn a blind eye because you fear being labeled a traitor and finding yourself on his enemies list?

What I did not hear during your confirmation hearing: TRUMP ist uber alles und Gott ist mit uns. Perhaps I was not listening carefully enough.

#6 | Posted by Hickory at 2025-04-10 12:08 PM

#5

You are actually one of our better tools around here:

"No, Russiagate' Wasn't the Hoax That Team Trump Claims It Was

Russian agents did conspire to influence the election, undermine Clinton and help Trump, and Trump as well as people close to him eagerly welcomed the help."

www.cato.org

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-10 12:15 PM

So "I will be a dictator only for one day" was of course, also a lie.

#8 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-04-10 12:28 PM

Well... he IS the Lyin' King.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-10 12:38 PM

Dems ordered probes against Trump for something he didn't do with Russia

Donald J. Trump and 18 of his associates had at least 140 contacts with Russian nationals and WikiLeaks, or their intermediaries, during the 2016 campaign.

That's what you call "nothing"?

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-10 12:46 PM

Say, uh, are slander and libel part of a president's core duties and responsibilities? Asking for a Supreme Court...

#11 | Posted by catdog at 2025-04-10 01:25 PM

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