Trump says he’s revoking Biden’s security clearance in payback move

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s revoking erstwhile President Joe Biden’s information clearance and ending the regular quality briefings he’s receiving successful payback for Biden doing the aforesaid to him successful 2021.

Trump made the announcement connected societal media soon aft arriving astatine Mar-a-Lago for the weekend.

“There is nary request for Joe Biden to proceed receiving entree to classified information. Therefore, we are instantly revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances, and stopping his regular Intelligence Briefings,” Trump wrote. “He acceptable this precedent successful 2021, erstwhile helium instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to halt the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details connected National Security, a courtesy provided to erstwhile Presidents.”

Biden didn’t instantly remark connected the move.

Biden ended Trump’s quality briefings aft Trump helped spur efforts to overturn the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination and incited the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught connected the Capitol. At the time, Biden said Trump’s “erratic” behavior should forestall him from getting the intel briefings.

In his post, Trump cited the peculiar counsel study past twelvemonth into Biden’s handling of classified documents, saying, “The Hur Report revealed that Biden suffers from ‘poor memory’ and, adjacent successful his ‘prime,’ could not beryllium trusted with delicate information.”

He ended his station by saying, “I volition ever support our National Security — JOE, YOU’RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”