Trump says he's revoking Biden's security clearance in payback move
President Donald Trump said Friday that he's revoking former President Joe Biden's access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he's receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021.
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Trump announced his decision in a post on his social media platform shortly after he arrived at his Mar-a-Lago home and private club in Palm Beach for the weekend.
바카라 게임 웹사이트There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings,바카라 게임 웹사이트 . 바카라 게임 웹사이트He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The move is the latest of several Trump promised during his campaign. He has previously revoked security clearances from more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a 바카라 게임 웹사이트Russian information operation.바카라 게임 웹사이트 He's also revoked security details assigned to protect former government officials who have criticized him, including his own former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who faces threats from Iran, and former infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Biden didn't immediately comment on the move.
Biden ended Trump's intelligence briefings after Trump helped spur efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. At the time, Biden said Trump's 바카라 게임 웹사이트erratic바카라 게임 웹사이트 behavior should prevent him from getting the intel briefings.
Asked in an interview with CBS 온라인 바카라 게임 what he feared if Trump continued to receive the briefings, Biden said he did not want to 바카라 게임 웹사이트speculate out loud바카라 게임 웹사이트 but made clear he did not want Trump to continue having access to such information.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I just think that there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트What value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?바카라 게임 웹사이트
in 2022, federal agents searched Trump's Florida home and seized boxes of classified records. He was indicted on dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified records and obstructing FBI efforts to get them back. He pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. A judge dismissed the charges, ruling the special counsel who brought them was illegally appointed, and the Justice Department gave up appeals after Trump was elected in November.
In his post, Trump cited the special counsel report last year into Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s handling of classified documents, saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Hur Report revealed that Biden suffers from 바카라 게임 웹사이트poor memory바카라 게임 웹사이트 and, even in his 바카라 게임 웹사이트prime,바카라 게임 웹사이트 could not be trusted with sensitive information.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He ended his post by saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I will always protect our National Security 바카라 게임 웹사이트 JOE, YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!바카라 게임 웹사이트
Special counsel Robert Hur investigated Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s handling of classified information and found that criminal charges were not warranted but delivered a bitingly critical assessment of his handling of sensitive government records. The report described Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s memory as 바카라 게임 웹사이트hazy,바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트fuzzy,바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트faulty,바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트poor바카라 게임 웹사이트 and having 바카라 게임 웹사이트significant limitations.바카라 게임 웹사이트 It said Biden could not recall defining milestones in his own life such as when his son Beau died or when he served as vice president.
Trump has the right to end the briefings for Biden because it is a sitting president바카라 게임 웹사이트s decision on whether a past president should continue to have access to classified information.
Steven Cheung, the president바카라 게임 웹사이트s communications director, shared Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s post on the X social media platform and said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Hit the road Jack and don바카라 게임 웹사이트t you come back no more!바카라 게임 웹사이트