DOJ says Comey and Brennan, perceived Trump foes, are under criminal investigation

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When it comes to the president's perceived enemies facing investigations, the former CIA director and former FBI director have plenty of company.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/doj-says-comey-brennan-perceived-trump-foes-are-criminal-investigation-rcna217731

Fox News raised a few eyebrows Tuesday night with an unexpected report: Former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, the network said, are facing criminal investigations from Donald Trump’s Justice Department. Another conservative media outlet, The Washington Times, published a similar report soon after.....

And while those comments were difficult to take seriously, given Trump’s record of breathtaking dishonesty, the underlying issue is apparently quite real. NBC News reported:

The Trump administration has put two repeated targets of President Donald Trump under criminal investigation, although details of what exactly they are being investigated for or how far the Justice Department intends on taking the probes are unclear. [Brennan and Comey] are facing criminal investigations, according to a statement that a Justice Department spokesperson provided to reporters.

.....But let’s not miss the forest for the trees: Brennan and Comey have long been targets, not just of the president’s far-right base — both men appeared, for example, on FBI Director Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list, filled with those he identified as “government gangsters” — but also of the president himself.

What’s more, they join a long and growing list.

In April, for example, Trump signed two first-of-their-kind executive orders targeting a pair of officials from his first term who defied him. There was barely a pretense in the orders that the targeted former officials — Christopher Krebs, who led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Miles Taylor, a former high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official — had done anything wrong. Indeed, the closer one looked at the stated rationales in support of the directives, the more ridiculous they appeared.....

And did I mention that, over the last several weeks, a Democratic mayor, a Democratic U.S. House member, the staffer of a different Democratic U.S. House member, a sitting judge and a labor leader have all been criminally charged, detained or taken into custody by Trump administration officials? Because that happened, too.

There are also ongoing Trump administration investigations into Media Matters, ActBlue, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

Axios recently reported, “In the final days of the 2024 campaign, Axios identified a list of perceived adversaries who fit what Trump ominously described as ‘the enemies from within.’ As president, he has taken steps to retaliate against virtually all of them.”

That was four months ago. The problem is vastly worse now, and there’s no reason to believe conditions will improve anytime soon.