Former CIA officer Buck Sexton wrote an opinion piece at The Hill that asked, “Is President Trump paranoid or is the Deep State out to get him?” Sexton, a conservative radio host, characterized the president’s performance at his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “less-than-stellar,” but questioned the basis of much of the resulting controversy, which has been driven by Democrats and former members of the Obama administration.
Brennan is currently a senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Signaling Republican criticism of Brennan, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said on Sunday that it is “extremely disturbing“ to see Brennan and Comey “express the kind of extreme bias that they’ve shown now.” Goodlatte is calling for Brennan to testify on Capitol Hill.