Former CIA Director General Michael Hayden (Ret.), who served in the
George W. Bush administration, has said President Trump's attacks on
Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russian interference in the
2016 election are signs that the president is growing more concerned by
the deepening probe. "The president has acted more and more desperate,
more and more frightened by the prospect of the investigation
continuing. And so he has doubled down on his attack on the person of
Bob Mueller and on the institution that Mueller represents or is
guiding," Hayden said.
The former CIA chief went on to say that he
believed the president is "willing to embrace long-term destructive
action against critical institutions in American society" for his
transient personal or political needs." Hayden, who has been critical of
the president, made his comments at a forum on relations between the
presidency and the intelligence community (IC) moderated by MSNBC's
Nicolle Wallace in Washington Tuesday.
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