- Title: Trump pulls security clearances for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
- Date: 22nd March 2025
- Summary: PHOENIX, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 24, 2024) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF THEN-U.S. VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS, ON STAGE WITH ARIZONA DEMOCRATIC STATE REPRESENTATIVE, ANALISE ORTIZ, AND ACTOR, FRANCIA RAISA SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE - OCTOBER 18, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, HILARY CLINTON (IN PINK
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- Story Text: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday (March 22) took away security clearances for former presidential rivals Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton in his latest move against his Democratic opponents.
The Republican president, who has also revoked the security clearance for former President Joe Biden, defeated ex-Secretary of State Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and Biden's vice president Harris in 2024.
"I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information," Trump said in a late memorandum on Friday (March 21) that also included former Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
While the revocations may not have immediate impacts, it is another sign of the growing political rift in Washington as Trump seeks revenge on his perceived enemies.
The memorandum was issued hours after Trump arrived at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf property for the weekend.
Trump also targeted Republican former Representative Liz Cheney, a sharp Trump critic, former Biden White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Fiona Hill, a Russia expert who served on his National Security Council during his first term.
Mark Zaid, a national security lawyer in Washington who represents whistleblowers, and Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican lawmaker who is a sharp Trump critic, were among several others who had their security clearances revoked.
He had already revoked the security clearance for Biden, denying the former president to the traditional access to U.S. intelligence.
Former U.S. presidents have traditionally received intelligence briefings so they can advise incumbent presidents on national security and foreign policy.
In 2021, Biden revoked the security clearance for Trump, who was then a former president.
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