Former President Trump revoked President Biden's security clearances and intelligence briefings, citing Biden's actions in 2021 when he ended Trump's access to classified information. Trump's move is seen as part of a broader campaign of retribution against his political opponents.
Biden ended Trump ’s intelligence briefings after Trump helped spur efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.'s access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he's receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021.
Asked in an interview with CBS News what he feared if Trump continued to receive the briefings, Biden said he did not want to “speculate out loud” but made clear he did not want Trump to continue having access to such information. In a related matter, Trump dismissed Colleen Shogan as the archivist of the United States, White House aide Sergio Gor posted on X Friday night.
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