Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner on Friday said he plans to present an amendment preventing President Trump from “arbitrarily revoking security clearances.”Warner’s announcement came after Trump earlier this week revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan and hinted Friday that he would soon do the same for Department of Justice official Bruce Ohr. “I will be introducing an amendment next week to block the President from punishing and intimidating his critics by arbitrarily revoking security clearances,” Warner tweeted. “The president has a constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who has access to it, and that’s what he’s doing is fulfilling that responsibility in this action,” Sanders said. TRUMP CALLS DOJ OFFICIAL BRUCE OHR A ‘DISGRACE,’ HINTS AT REVOKING SECURITY CLEARANCEBrennan, who served in the Obama administration, has often been critical of Trump’s conduct. Fox News’ Chad Pergram, Brooke Singman and Alex Pappas contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News August 18, 2018 00:33 UTC