By Gabby Morongiello, Washington Examiner
President Trump swore in Gina Haspel as the first woman to lead the Central Intelligence Agency on Monday, hours after he criticized her predecessor, John Brennan, for carrying out a “political hit job” against him.
“There is no one in this country better qualified for this extraordinary office than you,” Trump said to Haspel during a ceremony at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va. “It took courage for her to say yes in the face of a lot of negative politics, but I’ll tell you: when you testified before the [Senate Intelligence] Committee, it was over. There was nothing else they could say. There was nobody more qualified than you.”
The ceremony took place just hours after the president, quoting conservative radio host Dan Bongino, said Brennan had “disgraced himself” and “the entire Intelligence Community.” Trump accused the former CIA director, who served during the Obama administration, of destroying Americans’ faith in the top intelligence agency. He had described Brennan as one of “the biggest liars and leakers” in government.
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