President Donald Trump revoked the security clearances of more than 50 national security officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic hallmarks of a Russian information operation.”
A total of 51 former national security officials released a public letter in 2020 claiming that while the laptop did not have “any evidence of Russian involvement”, it appeared to be a “Russian information operation”.
The letter came after the New York Post reported that they had emails showing that Hunter Biden coordinated Joe Biden to meet with a top executive of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, months before he pressured Ukrainian officials to appoint a prosecutor was investigating to depose the company.
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US President Donald Trump signs pardons for the January 6 defendants in the Oval Office of the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, US, January 20, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
The list includes former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Jr., former Central Intelligence Agency directors Michael Hayden, John Brennan, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and former National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Fox News Digital previously reported that federal investigators from the Department of Justice were aware that Hunter Biden’s laptop had not been tampered with and contained “reliable evidence.”
Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have previously proposed revoking the security clearances of these officials.
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor presidential inauguration parade in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The order was one of more than 200 executive orders that Trump approved Inauguration Dayby adhering to directives such as withdrawing the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, which the US initially entered into under the administration of former President Barack Obama in 2015.
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Trump previously withdrew the US from the accord during his first term in 2020.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders on stage at an indoor presidential inauguration parade in Washington, Monday, January 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Other executive orders Trump signed on day one include rescinding nearly 80 executive orders and memorandums issued under Biden, issuing a regulatory and hiring freeze on the federal government, preventing ‘government censorship’ of free speech , and directing all departments and agencies to address costs. of a life crisis.
David Spector contributed to this report.
