Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Monday that she has revoked the security clearances of the 51 former intelligence officials who signed the letter casting doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop emails.
Those officials are now blocked from accessing classified information, and the directive also applies to other former and current officials, including Democratic New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Former President Biden is also no longer receiving the President’s Daily Brief (PBD), according to Gabbard. The PBD is a daily summary of information pertaining to national security, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
“Per President Trump’s directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden ‘disinformation’ letter,” Gabbard tweeted. “The President’s Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden.”
The 51 former intelligence officials signed a letter in 2020 claiming the emails reported by the New York Post had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Former DNI James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan were among those who signed the letter and subsequently lost their security clearances.
An email sent to Hunter Biden in April 2015 from a Burisma executive concerning an introduction to then-Vice President Joe Biden was authentic, the Daily Caller News Foundation first confirmed.
Trump ordered for the security clearances of various former and current officials to be revoked, the New York Post reported in February.
These officials included former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James and Bragg.
Bragg prosecuted Trump and secured a conviction of 34 felony counts relating to allegations that he falsified New York business records to try to “corrupt the 2016 election.”
In September 2022, James sued Trump and claimed he gave false financial statements. After the 2024 election, she vowed to continue prosecuting Trump in court.
Trump announced his intent to terminate Biden’s security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings in February.
“There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings,” Trump wrote.
“He 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.”
Source: The Daily Caller
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