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Mark Warner files amendment to block Trump from removing critics’ security clearances

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published August 20, 2018 9:51pm ET

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Mark Warner files amendment to block Trump from removing critics’ security clearances — Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, questions retired Vice Adm. Joseph Maguire at his confirmation hearing to become the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., followed through on his warning from last week, introducing on Monday an amendment that would block President Trump from punishing ex-officials who are critical of him by taking away their security clearances.

Warner’s effort to challenge Trump was prompted by the White House announcing last week that Trump had stripped former CIA Director John Brennan of his security clearance.

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