Senate Republicans urge Trump to keep Gina Haspel atop CIA
Source: Politico
As President Donald Trump considers a lame-duck purge of top administration officials, Senate Republicans are urging him to spare at least one: CIA Director Gina Haspel.
Interviews with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday revealed broad support for the embattled spy chief, who has drawn the president’s ire amid her refusal to carry out some of his demands related to the Russia investigation.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Intelligence panel, said there was no reason to fire Haspel other than Trump’s personal preferences.
“Obviously any director serves at the pleasure of the president, and I’m not the president,” Rubio said in a brief interview after a 90-minute closed-door briefing with Haspel at the Capitol on Tuesday. “But if you ask me my opinion, I think she’s done a good job.”
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At some point he's going to offend his own people. Hope that happens sooner than later.
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