President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was immediately revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to intelligence information, including security clearances and daily intelligence briefings. Trump cited Biden’s comments from 2021 in which he said that Trump should not receive intelligence briefings due to his erratic behavior.
Former presidents are traditionally allowed to receive intelligence briefings if they are being consulted about events that occurred during their administration. Trump was charged in June 2023 with mishandling classified material after leaving office, but the case was later dismissed by a Florida judge nominated by Trump. The Justice Department moved to appeal the decision during the Biden administration, but Trump’s administration dropped the appeal shortly after he began his second term.
Trump referenced a report from former special counsel Robert Hur, who stated that Biden had a “poor memory” in the context of handling classified documents. Trump also recently moved to revoke the security clearances of 50 former intelligence officials, a move that legal experts labeled as unprecedented.
Biden’s office did not immediately provide a comment on Trump’s decision to revoke access to intelligence information. It is important to note that presidents do not have security clearances, but receive intelligence information from the intelligence community at various classification levels.
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