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president donald trump removed the security clearances of more than 50 national security officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation.”
A total of 51 former national security officials released a public letter in 2020 stating that while the laptop had “no evidence of Russian involvement”, it appeared to be a “Russian intelligence operation”.
The letter came after the New York Post reported they had emails showing Hunter Biden coordinated for Joe Biden to meet with a top executive at Ukrainian energy company Burisma months before he pressured Ukrainian officials to fire a prosecutor investigating the company
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS TRUMP SHOULD NOT PARDON HUNTER BIDEN
U.S. President Donald Trump signs pardons for the Jan. 6 defendants in the Oval Office of the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, U.S., Jan. 20, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Included on the list are former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Jr., former Central Intelligence Agency directors Michael Hayden, John Brennan, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and former National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Fox News Digital previously reported that federal Justice Department investigators were aware that Hunter Biden’s laptop was not tampered with and contained “reliable evidence.”
Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have previously suggested revoking those officials’ security clearances.
President Donald Trump holds up executive orders after signing them at a presidential inauguration parade indoors in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The order was one of more than 200 executive orders Trump approved Inauguration dayadding to directives such as the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement that the US initially entered into under former President Barack Obama’s administration in 2015.
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Trump previously withdrew the US from the deal during his first term in 2020.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders on stage at an indoor presidential inauguration parade in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Other executive orders Trump signed on the first day included revoking nearly 80 executive orders and memos issued under Biden, issuing a regulatory and hiring freeze on the federal government, preventing “government censorship” of free speech, and direct all departments and agencies to address the cost. of the living crisis.
David Spector contributed to this report.
