John Brennan: Trump's tweets 'not the tweets of an innocent individual'

Former CIA Director John Brennan on Monday blasted President Trump's claims that he can pardon himself and that the special counsel is unconstitutional, saying that "his tweets are not the tweets of an innocent individual."

Speaking on "MSNBC Live with Hallie Jackson," Brennan said that the Department of Justice had the right to call for a special counsel to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, something he termed "an egregious assault upon our democratic foundations" and "electoral process."

He added that Trump's tweets show just how worried the president is about what special counsel Robert Mueller and his team are uncovering.

"So [Deputy Attorney General Rod] Rosenstein, Bob Mueller and others are now looking into this and for the president at this point to say it's unconstitutional, I think it just shows how worried is he, how fearful he is about what the special counsel is uncovering," Brennan said.


"And his tweets are not the tweets of an innocent individual. So I think it really demonstrates just how desperate he is get, grasping at straws and Rudy Giuliani as well," he added, referring to the president's lawyer.

"Neither Rudy nor his boss feel encumbered by facts, truth or common sense and that's why they're throwing these things out now to try to get whatever traction among their base as possible."

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