Jim Jordan Report Shows What 'Deeply Concerned' Ex-CIA Official About Trump

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Jul 05, 2024 at 3:59 PM EDT | Updated Jul 06, 2024 at 7:23 AM EDT


A report from Republican Representative Jim Jordan has revealed transcripts of a former acting CIA Director saying he was "deeply concerned" by former President Donald Trump. Late last month, Jordan, who serves as the chairman of the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, released a report relating to President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, with the lawmaker saying that "the highest levels of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), up to and including then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, were made aware of the 'Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails' by 51 former intelligence officials prior to its approval and publication."

The report includes a transcript of an interview the committee had with former CIA deputy director Michael Morell, who also served as acting director during former President Barack Obama's administration, including portions where he spoke about Trump.

"I'm a pretty conservative guy when it comes to national security. But I have to tell you that, you know, spending 33 years at CIA and watching literally hundreds of world leaders during that time, President Trump's personality traits deeply concerned me, what I believed to be deep narcissism, what I believed to be deep paranoia, what I believe to be a type of sadism where you—not sexually, of course, but a type of sadism where you, you know, are happy when your opponents have been injured in some way—I'm talking politically—that those were all traits that I saw in foreign leaders who did significant damage to their country and significant damage to the democracies of their country," Morell said, according to the released transcripts.

"And, you know, my fear, in my view, was borne out by his failure to act on January 6, 2021. So, that's what I meant when I wrote that. That's what I was thinking," Morell added in the April 2023 testimony.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cia-official-january-6-jim-jordan-republicans-1921744

[bagimin]

1. Recommened

[wryter2000]

2. Ooops

Jordan told the truth by mistake?

[AZ8theist]

3. Nope. He's just a useless partisan hack.

But so stupid as to include the ACTUAL TRANSCRIPT of his failed attack on a private citizen.
It showed the opposite of what he wanted to lie about.

Traitorous, lying POS just like his Gawd.

[wryter2000]

11. The only thing that saves us from their evill

is their stupidity.

[Bev54]

15. He and the rest of them just cannot help self owning themselves.

In their sordid attempts to get Hunter Biden, they just threw their boss under the bus. I would love nothing more than to see all the transcripts that they have not released, I am sure there is much more in them.

[Haggard Celine]

31. I want to see the information gathered by the

1/6 Committee. If we're not going to see any more trials for Trump before the election, we at least need to hear the testimony of those who spoke before the committee. They have a lot of information that the voters need to hear in order to make an informed decision.

[Bev54]

32. All of their transcripts are on their website.

[Haggard Celine]

33. I didn't know that.

I'll check it out. Thanks!

[mwb970]

4. Nailed it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Gym is getting careless.

[JoseBalow]

8. That was my thought as well

Oops!

[KS Toronado]

6. Hey Lincoln Project.......new TV ad material

[PatSeg]

7. So many red flags all along

We need to see more of this and less trashing of our president, who isn't sadistic, narcissistic, or paranoid.

[JoseBalow]

9. drumpf's sadism is a pillar of his personality

It's who he is

[scipan]

10. Yup. "The most flawed human being I've met" - Gen. Kelley

[Warpy]

12. Oooooh, I wonder how that got in there

I know Jordan is going to be hissing and spitting over it. He must have thought the CIA guy was talking about Biden when he was VP or maybe about Obama, couldn't possibly be his Lard and Savior.

[BadgerMom]

13. K and R

The public needs to hear this.

[llmart]

17. Don't hold your breath waiting for the headlines.

[onecaliberal]

14. Recommend.

Highly.

[sakabatou]

16. We already knew Trump was a monster, and Jordan is a weasel

[Blue Owl]

18. Jordan likes to look the other way when a sick fuck is nearby

[dchill]

20. Ain't that the truth?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. The tv "news" will be all over this, I'm sure.

[NoMoreRepugs]

21. Gymbo will NEVER be mistaken for a semi intelligent person.

[progree]

22. Uhh ohh, I'm way worse than Trump in one way --

I believe to be a type of sadism where you ..., you know, are happy when your opponents have been injured in some way—I'm talking politically

That's me. I'd go even farther; I'd leave off the "I'm talking politically" to be honest about it, when talking about most Repukes who are greedy, vicious, and mean-spirited sociopaths at the very least.

[Escurumbele]

23. "his failure to act on January 6, 2021"...He did act on January 6, 2021, but the wrong act, he incited the violence

For anyone to think that he "failed to act" as it is expected that an honest president of the USA would act is naive, he acted according to his self interests, he wanted to stop the count, the guy is a criminal, period.

I like what he said on the 1st paragraph that was posted here, but it drives me crazy that people have no balls to say things the way they are, the way they really happened. He did this, there was no failure to act, it was intentional, as I said, the SOB is a criminal and a traitor.

[erronis]

24. For those still following this thread, excellent post on EmptyWheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/07/05/jim-jordan-publishes-intelligence-analysis-of-trumps-authoritarian-tendancies/

[et tu]

25. ty for posting! nt

[Alice Kramden]

28. Very good additional information n/t

[Johnnie Mae]

30. Great Post

Thank you. That's was very on point.

[Alice Kramden]

26. Unforced error by Gym

KnR

[Evolve Dammit]

27. It's " sexually" as well. Sadist through and through. No doubt in my mind after Epstein docs released. nt

[republianmushroom]

29. 41 months and counting (includes foot dragging)

[C Moon]

34. CNN, MSN, etc, etc...this is negative news about tfg--look away!

[chouchou]

35. I appreciate what the CIA Official found out about Trump, although..

...the grocery clerk lady down at Winn-Dixie put it also correct.. "He's a disgusting shit-bag of a human being"

[czarjak]

36. Lib-Ownership

They can't afford it.