The incoming Trump administration has a lot of urgent priorities, but revoking the security clearances of Deep State saboteurs should be at the top of the list.
The Department of Justice issued a statement that it is “prepared” to help “process requests for security clearances” for the incoming Trump transition team. That’s nice. But while granting security clearances is a team effort between the Office of Director of National Intelligence, the DOJ and FBI, they should all remember that the president gets the final say. Once he’s inaugurated in January, Trump will have the power to grant or revoke security clearances, regardless of background checks.
On day one, Trump must start snatching up security clearances like Walmart shoppers on Black Friday.
Throughout his first term, recall how nefarious Deep State actors hid behind their security clearances (and the authority it implies) to tarnish Trump with nebulous allegations of Russian collusion. Remember former CIA Director John Brennan’s famous quote from Congressional testimony in 2017:
Pull security clearances AND begin prosecutions.
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