{"id":1328,"date":"2025-03-22T09:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2025-03-22T09:06:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T09:06:01","slug":"trump-revokes-security-clearances-for-biden-harris-and-other-political-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris and other political rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances for several of his political rivals, including former President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a presidential memo issued late Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information,\u201d Trump wrote in the directive, which named 15 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The list also included Secretary of State under Biden, Antony Blinken, former Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led a civil fraud case against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what formal level of access some of the individuals currently held. The move follows earlier remarks from Trump in February, when he said he intended to revoke Biden\u2019s clearance.<\/p>\n<p>National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard confirmed on 10 March that access for Blinken, James, and others had already been rescinded under Trump\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the decision applies not only to classified material but also bars the individuals from unescorted entry to secure government facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The memo specifies that the order covers access derived from prior congressional roles and executive appointments, closing a practice where former officials were occasionally consulted on national security issues.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, then-President Biden denied Trump access to classified intelligence, citing concerns about his \u201cerratic behaviour.\u201d Until then, former presidents had often received briefings as a courtesy, though without formal clearances.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate move earlier this week, Trump withdrew Secret Service protection for Biden\u2019s children, Hunter and Ashley. The decision was sharply criticised by opponents, who described it as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s sweeping order underscores an ongoing shift in norms surrounding post-office privileges and marks a deepening of partisan divisions over national security policy.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances for several of his political rivals, including former President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a presidential memo issued late Friday. \u201cI have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}