John Brennan Slams DoJ’s Statement Calling Its Independence a ‘Myth:’ ‘Surreal’ — Justice System Is ‘Turned on Its Head’

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BRENNAN: "This whole thing is so surreal. And especially their public comments about saying that there’s no need for any type of independence from the White House, I mean, it’s turned everything on its head. It’s turned the system of justice in this country on its head in terms of what we have done and how we have practiced the rule of law over the past many decades. And to be able to say things like that, I mean, it just demonstrates, I think, the depths to which they’re willing to go in order to pursue adversaries of the president of the United States. And so therefore, again, the Department of Justice, they should be holding their head in shame, those individuals who continue to carry out his guidance and his direction. And again, I have to emphasize that there are real professionals, individuals of great principle and ethics, who remain in the Department of Justice, and they have to hold the line, they have to not capitulate to the wishes and direction of these individuals who, again, have so corrupted and perverted the rule of law that, again, it puts a lot of people in the crosshairs, not just me and Director Comey and others, but anybody out there who might, in fact, get on the wrong side of Donald Trump."