Trump reported to suspend 51 ex-intel officials’ security clearances on Day One

Published January 19, 2025 9:43pm ET



President-elect Donald Trump plans to suspend the security clearances of dozens of former intelligence community officials who wrote an infamous letter about Hunter Biden ahead of the 2020 election, according to a report about Trump’s anticipated Day One executive actions.

A Trump administration official told Fox News that Trump’s expected action would be directed at the 51 ex-officials who “lied” about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the letter, which was published two weeks before the election.

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