Miles Taylor, who wrote a scathing “anonymous” op-ed criticizing Trump in his first term, declared that "dissent isn't unlawful" in response
Ben Blanchet at HuffPost:
President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate two former officials from his first administration, including one whom he accused of being “guilty of treason.” Trump, in a memorandum signed in the Oval Office, ripped ex-Homeland Security official Miles Taylor for writings Taylor made under an “anonymous” pseudonym, which notably include a highly critical 2018 op-ed in The New York Times where he described himself as part of the “resistance” to the president. “His conduct could properly be characterized as treasonous and as possibly violating the Espionage Act,” read the memo, which stripped security clearances from Taylor and called on the DOJ to probe his work in the federal government. Taylor later took to X, formerly Twitter, where he declared that “dissent isn’t unlawful” and it “certainly isn’t treasonous.” “America is headed down a dark path. Never has a man so inelegantly proved another man’s point,” wrote Taylor, who served as chief of staff to Trump’s former DHS secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Taylor, who Trump claimed he “barely” remembered on Wednesday, joins a list of those targeted on the president’s revenge tour against his political adversaries — some of whom have also been stripped of their security details.
[...] A separate memo signed by Trump describes Chris Krebs — former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who was fired after he pushed back at the president’s bogus claims of 2020 election fraud — as a “significant bad-faith actor” and calls for a review into his governmental work, as well. Trump, while signing the memo that revoked Krebs’ security clearance, referred to his former top cybersecurity official as a “wise guy” and a “disgrace” while doubling down on his false election claims. Krebs took to X on Wednesday where he reshared a post he made in November 2020, “Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomrorow. #Protect2020.” The order also suspends active security clearances for employees at the cybersecurity company SentinelOne, where Krebs now serves as the chief intelligence and public policy officer.
Authoritarian lunatic Donald Trump orders phony politically-motivated “investigations” into Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs.
See Also:
Politico: Trump orders investigation of two first-term administration aides who criticized him
Daily Kos: Trump’s now investigating people who said 2020 election wasn’t stolen
