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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump ‘immediately’ revokes Biden’s security clearance and daily briefing in act of revenge against predecessor

Donald Trump says he will deny former president Joe Biden any access to classified information and courtesy briefings in an act of revenge against his predecessor.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was “immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings.” This followed a precedent Biden had set four years earlier when he instructed U.S. intelligence officials to halt any briefings with Trump, citing the then-former president’s “erratic behavior” after his 2020 election loss.

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