Amid a seemingly endless barrage of âDay Oneâ pledges, Donald Trump is reportedly planning to suspend security clearances for more than 50 officials for âlyingâ about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.
Citing a senior official with knowledge of the president-electâs plans for Monday, Fox News reports clearances will be repealed for intelligence officers, branded âSpies Who Lieâ by the New York Post, who penned a letter describing reports about the device as bearing âthe classic earmarksâ of a Russian disinformation campaign in the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election.
While a federal investigation eventually confirmed the laptop had indeed belonged to the outgoing presidentâs son, several of the officials who made the claims said they stood by the letter and its broader concerns about Russian interference in U.S. democratic processes.
The device and its alleged contents later formed a focal point for long-running congressional attempts by the GOP to bring impeachment proceedings against Joe Biden, claiming Hunter Bidenâs emails painted a picture of a concerted corruption scheme by the Biden family to sell access to the Democratic president.
To date, no investigations have uncovered any evidence of graft or wrongdoing on part of the outgoing president himself.
Earlier in December, Biden issued a pardon for his son, stating âthe charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election.â
Trumpâs plan to repeal security clearances for the 51 so-called âSpies Who Lieâ now also follows after Biden on Monday issued further, preemptive pardons for other time-tested Republican targetsâincluding General Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who served on the Jan. 6 committeeâin whatâs been received as an unprecedented last-minute flex of presidential muscle.
