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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris and other political enemies

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From left: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Antony Blinken on 15 January 2025. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Donald Trump moved to revoke security clearances for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and a string of other top Democrats and political enemies in a presidential memo issued late on Friday.

The security-clearance revocations also cover the former secretary of state Antony Blinken, the former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney, the former Illinois representative Adam Kinzinger and the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump for fraud, as well as Biden’s entire family. They all will no longer have access to classified information – a courtesy typically offered to former presidents and some officials after they have left public service.

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