Jeff Flake backs amendment curbing Trump’s security clearance powers

Published August 23, 2018 1:06am ET



Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is putting his weight behind an amendment being pushed by the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee that seeks to prevent President Trump from revoking security clearances in political retribution.

“Pleased to cosponsor this amendment. Granting/revoking security clearances should not be a political exercise,” Flake, who is retiring after this term, wrote on Twitter Wednesday.

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