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Upon his return to the White House, Trump yanked away his former national security advisor's security clearances and protections.
The Republican released a written personnel "blacklist," and it’s fair to say there’s never been a presidential public statement quite like this one.
President Trump Monday signed an executive order revoking the security clearances of 50 former U.S. offic
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” and that of his former national security adviser John Bolton.
John Bolton ridiculed the notion that President-elect Donald Trump will be a "normal president" in an interview with CNN anchor Kasie Hunt.
The 51 former intelligence community officials claimed that a report about Hunter Biden's laptop had "the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
President Trump has ended Secret Service protection for former national security adviser John Bolton.Jan. 22, 2025 01:40
Trump took the action after the former officials said in 2020 that leaks from Hunter Biden laptop could be "a Russian information operation."
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Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.