By Laraba MUREY
President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of his predecessor, Joe Biden.
This means that the immediate former President will no longer have access to classified information and daily briefing.
In an early morning Tweet on Saturday, Trump alleged that Biden was suffering from “poor memory” and had denied him that same courtesy in 2021.
He wrote; “There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s security clearances, and stopping his daily intelligence briefings.
“He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the intelligence community (IC) to stop the 45th president of the United States (me!) from accessing details on national security, a courtesy provided to former presidents.”
Biden ended Trump’s intelligence briefings after Trump helped spur efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and incited the January 6 attack on the Capitol. At the time, Biden said Trump’s “erratic” behaviour should prevent him from getting the intel briefings.
