It has been noted that Trump Employee 5 Brian Butler recently slammed former President Donald Trump and told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that he decided to go on TV to push back on Trump’s attacks on the investigation into violations of the Espionage Act via Mediaite.
Collins grabbed an exclusive interview with the former Trump staffer known in the Mar-a-Lago indictment as “Trump Employee 5.”
On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins went on to roll out clips from that interview, including one in which Butler says he’s speaking out to refute Trump’s “bogus” claims about the investigation and attacks on Special Counsel Jack Smith:
COLLINS: Do you view Trump as a national security risk?
BUTLER: I personally would just say, I just don’t believe that he should be a presidential candidate, at this time. I think it’s time to move on.
COLLINS: Does it concern you that, I mean–
BUTLER: I think it should concern.
COLLINS: –people were–
BUTLER: Yes, absolutely. I think we can do better.
COLLINS: You’re obviously a central witness in this case. If it goes to trial, are you prepared to testify?
BUTLER: Absolutely. Yes, absolutely.
COLLINS: His attorneys are trying to get it pushed, though, past the election. Do you believe that this trial should happen before the election?
BUTLER: I mean, I think the American people have the right to know the facts, that this is not a witch-hunt. I mean, he can go out on TV, and say this. That’s one of the reasons for doing this. And quote, you know, the PRA says this and that. It’s all bogus. But people believe him.
COLLINS: You think it’s a fair investigation?
BUTLER: Absolutely. I mean, to me, you have the law-and-order President attacking agents, the Special Counsel, on an almost a daily basis, when these people are just taking their sworn oath. They took a sworn oath to basically follow the laws of this country. And now, you have somebody attacking them? Yes, I don’t think that’s right.
