President Donald Trump has ordered that a new group of elected officials who used their office in a weaponized capacity against him have their security clearances removed.
Days after former President Joe Biden's security clearance was revoked, Trump ordered the revocation of former Secretary of State Antony Blinken's clearance, citing his role in orchestrating the "Dirty 51" letter.
The infamous letter, signed by 51 intelligence officials, claiming the Hunter Biden laptop story contained "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation, first appeared in Politico, a publication that's garnered headlines the past few weeks for its haul of government aid.
Blinken, along with the 51 intelligence officials, will have their security clearances revoked, Trump told the New York Post in an exclusive interview.
"Bad guy. Take away his passes," Trump said of Blinken. "This is to take away every right they have [revoking security clearances] including they can't go into [federal] buildings."
New York Attorney General Letitia James, as well as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, were also mentioned to be in the group having their security clearances stripped.
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