Ex-CIA official: What I’m seeing now is similar to the run-up to Jan. 6

Phil Mudd, who has worked for both the FBI and the CIA, says the rhetoric and threats against FBI agents and Department of Justice officials in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago search reminds him of what he saw leading up to the January 6 insurrection. #CNN #News

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  1. In my opinion. If there is a law about inciting to riot. There should be a law about inciting a civil war!

    1. @Thomas Brown It would be interesting if you could define it. What exactly is CRT?
      Can you educate us on what fascism or Marxism is? What exactly is communism?
      I want you to begin with explaining the “oranges” of Critical Race Theory.
      Then tell us how CRT is being taught in first grade math. I am in no way being mean. I just want to understand how it makes sense. Because I know what those words mean, and I just can’t imagine how it is making any common sense.
      I am open to explanation.

    2. @Thomas Brown bless your heart.
      I haven’t broken any laws. Why would you say I am going jail? That’s really daft.
      The US isn’t that totally fascist yet. I mean….
      If only you knew anything about reality!
      I am not even mobile enough to attack anyone or anything like the Capitol.
      But you wanna jail me. That’s adorable and stupid .

  2. I remember during the impeachment trials, Adam Schiff saying if they don’t hold Donald Trump accountable then… he’s going to think he can get away with almost anything? Well, it doesn’t get much worse than this!

    1. @Adam Norton We wouldn’t be fortune enough for Trump to become president for life. Shame tho. I think the last 20 months shows clear as day we, amd the world would be alot better off

    2. @James cox I wish I were wrong, but I have had 4 decades to see the true evil bullies are capable of, starting with my First Day of Kindergarten.

  3. I come from a small country in Southern Africa called Botswana. These people who made these threats would be in police custody. Clearly America is a backward country disguised as a first world country!!!

    1. @Bruce Ogilvie it’s a genuine question actually. But given the context I can see how it can be interpreted in different ways.

    2. @Jack X Yup and my response is also genuine. Good to see that there those such as yourself who are interested… wonderful people and a nation that has gone from strength to strength since independence in the sixties. Cheers

    3. @Hokz Awww. Puppy butt hurt because the overdue reckoning is too much to handle. Every single statement you insinuate is false.

    1. It’s not just right wing politicians, though. It’s millions and millions and millions of Americans, from the most powerful politicians and the richest industrialists all the way to “ordinary” working class people who are responsible for this. And it’s something that has been growing for decades. How can all of those many, many millions be held accountable? And who is willing or able to do it?

  4. It could happen to you too . You’re damn right it could happen to you if law enforcement has probable cause and a search warrant signed by a judge. That’s the law !

    1. @Tobias Birmingham NARA issued a statement on Aug. 12, ‘NARA said that it obtained “exclusive legal and physical custody” of Obama’s records when he left office in 2017. It said that about 30 million pages of unclassified records were transferred to a NARA facility in the Chicago area and that they continue to be maintained “exclusively by NARA.”

    2. @Suzanne Long Lets get a warrant to see what wasn’t turned in – boy those fireplaces must be roaring in the middle of summer in Chicago!

    3. @Tobias Birmingham ‘But Obama!’, ‘But Hillary!’. Next you will be saying presidents are responsible for gas prices, something I have been hearing since George W. Bush took office. Yawn.

  5. This guy reminds me of the good old days when political and legal discussion did not resemble a soap opera or reality tv show.

    1. @PeaceLoveHarmony can you explain what Trump is going to be arrested for? We all need a good laugh this morning!

    2. @PeaceLoveHarmony I’m guessing you don’t want to talk about what’s happening TODAY with YOUR president either right??

    3. @Salty C Trump can’t be put in prison with other other inmates but we could build him a private one. The best, most private, most beautiful prison YOU have ever seen!” 🫲🤡🫱

  6. From the outside , it is inconceivable how a huge chunk of the population have gone all in, no matter what for Trump. A failed reality tv star, failed casino owner, banned from running a charity.

    1. @joe scott 👈😂 Liz Cheney.. YOU’RE FIRED! C U Next Time, cupcake! 👑 ULTRA MAGA KANG WINS 👑

  7. These Republican politicians are beneath .contempt. You can only hope the Party gets destroyed at the polls like never before.

    1. Hey KMA I knew lots of guys in the Army from the South who couldn’t shoot straight. Lots of guys from the North own guns. Your thinking reminds of some of the thinking the South had before the Civil War. And how did that turn out for you?

    1. The people making treats.But they are not serious people.People who are going to carry out crimes.They will keep it quite.act in secret.Words are like silver.Slience is like gold.I don’t take people who make treats serious..

    1. @Viv what was your question? All I read was a bunch liberal nonsense and CNN+ talking points which don’t worry you will get your star from them.

    2. @salty c. No liberal talking points in my comments, just a straight up question. Just admit you don’t know how to read.

  8. Elected representatives threatening, and/or encouraging others to threaten law enforcement officers, is reprehensible. They should all be held accountable for such un-American behaviour.

  9. Trumpsky: “I declassified these Govt owned documents that were taken by accident. Then I hid them in my club safe and defied a subpoena to return them. Then the head of The FBI (who I appointed), planted them to frame me. Oh… and The FBI must return these privileged documents they stole from me.”
    Reality: “Hold my beer.”

    1. Then I became president again and they screamed at the sky. Good story let’s hope part 2 goes as well.

    2. wow, so impressive that you were allowed to see the documents and publicly discuss their classification. You must have so many requests for interviews, because you obviously know information that Trumps lawyers would find useful. Don’t forget your book deal. Title suggestion: ‘How I Know Nothing; Memoirs of a Couch Potato’

  10. “Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
    -Mark Twain

    1. “It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.”
      ~Mark Twain

    2. @Eric Burns How’ the saying go..”To make a conservative angry tell them a lie, to make a liberal angry tell them the truth.” – Seems to fit.

  11. He makes a perfect point. Those holding public office should be put on administrative leave if they are pushing defunding, publicly.

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