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Trump Strips John Bolton of Security Clearance: ‘Reckless Treatment of Sensitive Information’

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President Donald Trump has stripped his former national security advisor John Bolton of his security clearance.

Trump revoked the security clearances of Bolton and several other top Intelligence Community officials in an executive order on Monday.

The order specifically accuses Bolton of “reckless treatment of sensitive information.”

The White House notes that Bolton’s 2019 memoir was “rife with sensitive information drawn from his time in government.”

It stated that Bolton’s book posed “a grave risk” of exposing classified material and undermined future presidents’ ability to request candid advice on matters of national security from their staff.

The executive order states:

“Former National Security Advisor John R. Bolton published a memoir for monetary gain after he was terminated from his White House position in 2019.

“The book was rife with sensitive information drawn from his time in government.

“The memoir’s reckless treatment of sensitive information undermined the ability of future presidents to request and obtain candid advice on matters of national security from their staff.

“Publication also created a grave risk that classified material was publicly exposed.

“To remedy these abuses of the public trust, this Order directs the revocation of any active or current security clearances held by: (i) the former intelligence officials who engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign; and (ii) John R. Bolton.”

The order also revokes the security clearances of 51 former U.S. intelligence officials who signed a letter discrediting credible reports about emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

The letter was issued just weeks ahead of the 2020 presidential election in which Hunter Biden’s father, then-candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, was a contender.

 

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