"Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump,” Rand Paul tweeted Monday. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Rand Paul to ask Trump to revoke security clearance of ex-CIA chief Brennan

Sen. Rand Paul said Monday he is meeting with President Donald Trump to ask that former CIA Director John Brennan have his security clearance revoked.

“Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump,” the Kentucky Republican tweeted Monday morning. "Today I will meet with the President and I will ask him to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance."


Brennan, who was CIA director under President Barack Obama, now works as a senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Brennan has been highly critical of Trump.

Most recently, he lambasted Trump‘s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, calling it “nothing short of treasonous” in a tweet.

Paul’s request comes after Fox News host Tucker Carlson said last week that Brennan still had a security clearance despite not working for the federal government anymore.

Carlson, who called Brennan an “out-of-the-closet extremist,“ went on to call for his security clearance to be removed.

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In addition, other lawmakers have started to attack Brennan.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) called Sunday for Brennan to testify on Capitol Hill about his role in the investigation of Russian meddling during the 2016 election.

Goodlatte said it’s “extremely disturbing“ to see Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey “express the kind of extreme bias that they’ve shown now.”

Brennan did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but Neil Shapiro, former Brennan CIA deputy chief of staff, pushed back.

“John Brennan hasn't made one penny off of his clearance. Not one thing he has done for remuneration since leaving the government has been contingent on him having a security clearance,” Shapiro said. “One doesn't need a security clearance to speak out against the failings of Trump. This is a political attack on career national security officials who have honorably served their country for decades.“