Trump pulls security clearance of 51 national security officials

President Donald Trump pulled the information clearances of much than 50 nationalist information officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had "all the classical earmarks of a Russian accusation operation."

A full of 51 erstwhile nationalist information officials released a nationalist missive successful 2020 claiming that adjacent though the laptop did not person "any grounds of Russian involvement," it looked similar a "Russian accusation operation."

The missive came aft the New York Post reported they had emails showing Hunter Biden coordinated for Joe Biden to conscionable with a apical enforcement astatine Ukrainian vigor institution Burisma months earlier pressuring Ukrainian officials to oust a authoritative investigating the company. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump signs pardons for January 6 defendants successful the Oval Office astatine the White House connected Inauguration Day successful Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.   (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Included connected the database are erstwhile manager of National Intelligence James Clapper Jr., erstwhile directors of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden, John Brennan, erstwhile Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and erstwhile National Security Advisor John Bolton. 

Fox News Digital antecedently reported that national investigators with the Department of Justice were alert that Hunter Biden’s laptop was not manipulated and contained "reliable evidence." 

Republican lawmakers including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina person antecedently suggested withdrawing the information clearances of these officials. 

BIDEN COMMITTED ‘IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT,’ DEFRAUDED UNITED STATES TO ENRICH HIS FAMILY': HOUSE GOP REPORT

President Donald Trump holds up an enforcement orders aft signing it astatine an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade lawsuit successful Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The bid was 1 of much than 200 enforcement orders Trump approved connected Inauguration Day, joining directives similar withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement that the U.S. initially entered nether erstwhile President Barack Obama’s medication successful 2015. 

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Trump antecedently withdrew the U.S. from the statement during his archetypal word successful 2020. 

President Donald Trump signs enforcement orders connected signifier astatine an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade lawsuit successful Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Other enforcement orders Trump signed connected time 1 see rescinding astir 80 enforcement orders and memoranda issued nether Biden, issuing a regulatory and hiring frost upon the national government, preventing "government censorship" of escaped speech, and directing each section and bureau to code the outgo of surviving crisis. 

David Spector contributed to this report.