U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearances of his past Democratic election rivals, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, along with several other high-ranking former officials.
This decision follows Trump’s February announcement that he was revoking security clearance for his predecessor, Joe Biden. In his latest statement, he confirmed that move and added that he was also rescinding the security clearances of “any other member” of the Biden family.
Traditionally, former U.S. presidents and senior security officials retain their security clearances as a courtesy.
Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former Republican lawmakers Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were also on the list of those who lost their security clearances – as well as Fiona Hill, a former Russian affairs adviser in the first Trump administration.
