Trump revoked protection of 51 national security officials
the president Donald Trump Hunter obtained security clearances from more than 50 national security officials who said Biden’s laptop had “all the classic hallmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Total 51 former national security officials In 2020, he published an open letter claiming that the laptop appeared to be a “Russian information operation”, despite having “no evidence of Russian involvement”.
The letter comes after the New York Post said they have emails showing Hunter Biden coordinated a meeting with a top executive of Ukrainian energy company Burisma for Joe Biden months before he pressured Ukrainian officials to fire the prosecutor investigating the company.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS TRUMP SHOULD NOT PARDON HUNTER BIDE.
On January 20, 2025, the day of his inauguration in Washington, US President Donald Trump signed the amnesty decree for the January 6 defendants in the Oval Office of the White House. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
The list includes former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Jr., former CIA Directors Michael Hayden, John Brennan, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Fox News Digital previously reported that federal Justice Department investigators knew Hunter Biden’s laptop had not been tampered with and contained “credible evidence.”
Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have previously proposed revoking the officers’ security clearances.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order after signing it during an indoor presidential inauguration parade event, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The order was one of more than 200 executive orders approved by Trump Inauguration DayJoin directives such as the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which the US originally entered into in 2015 under former President Barack Obama’s administration.
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Trump previously withdrew the US from the agreement in 2020 during his first term in office.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders on stage during the indoor Presidential Inaugural Parade event, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Other executive orders signed by Trump on the first day include rescinding nearly 80 Biden-era executive orders and memos, freezing federal government regulation and hiring, curbing “government censorship” of free speech, and directing every department and agency to address spending. housing crisis.
David Spector contributed to this report.
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