The statement, spearheaded by National Security Action and released Friday morning, garnered the support of many former federal officials who worked for both Republican and Democratic administrations. And the group expects even more signatures to be added on Friday afternoon.
“President Trump appears to have leveraged the authority and resources of the highest office in the land to invite additional foreign interference into our democratic processes,” the letter states. “That would constitute an unconscionable abuse of power. It also would represent an effort to subordinate America’s national interests — and those of our closest allies and partners — to the President’s personal political interest.”
View the complete September 27 article by Dan Desai Martin on the National Memo website here.