High-Profile Security Clearances Revoked: Turmoil in Ongoing Laptop Probe

In a stunning rebuke of Deep State meddling in the 2020 election, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has officially stripped 51 former intelligence officials of their security clearances for falsely claiming Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation” – a lie that may have altered the outcome of a presidential election.

At a Glance

DNI Tulsi Gabbard revoked security clearances for 51 former intelligence officials who falsely claimed Hunter Biden’s laptop was “Russian disinformation”
High-profile figures including James Clapper, John Brennan, Antony Blinken, and Jake Sullivan have lost access to classified information
Former President Biden will no longer receive the President’s Daily Brief intelligence summary
The action follows President Trump’s directive and affects officials who signed a 2020 letter that helped suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story

Intelligence Community Finally Faces Consequences for 2020 Election Interference

Remember when 51 so-called “intelligence experts” signed a letter claiming Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” right before the 2020 election? That letter gave social media platforms and mainstream news outlets the cover they needed to censor and discredit the New York Post’s legitimate reporting on the Biden family’s foreign business dealings. Well, the day of reckoning has finally arrived for these partisan hacks masquerading as national security professionals.

DNI Gabbard announced the sweeping security clearance revocations on social media, implementing President Trump’s directive and sending shockwaves through Washington’s intelligence establishment. Beyond the 51 signatories of the infamous laptop letter, other top Biden administration officials including Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, and prosecutors Letitia James and Alvin Bragg have been cut off from classified information. The move represents perhaps the most expansive security clearance purge in modern American history.

Biden Loses Intelligence Access as Trump Delivers Payback

In a particularly satisfying twist of karma, former President Biden himself has been stripped of his intelligence briefings. This represents a direct response to Biden’s 2021 decision to cut off Trump’s access to classified information after leaving office – an unprecedented break with tradition at the time. Once again, the left’s willingness to weaponize government against political opponents has established dangerous precedents that are now being turned against them.

Trump’s justification for revoking Biden’s clearance highlighted concerns about the former president’s mental acuity and trustworthiness with sensitive information. He referenced Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report which described Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” – a characterization that raises legitimate national security questions. If Biden can’t be trusted to remember classified details or keep them secure, why should he retain access to our nation’s most sensitive intelligence?

The Hunter Biden Laptop Deception

The revocations strike at the heart of one of the most egregious election interference operations in American history. When the New York Post published emails from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop in October 2020, revealing apparent influence-peddling schemes involving then-candidate Joe Biden, the intelligence community sprang into action – not to investigate potential corruption, but to shield Biden from scrutiny. Their letter provided the pretext for Big Tech companies to censor the story across social media platforms.

We now know with absolute certainty that the laptop and its contents were genuine. Key emails, including one from a Burisma executive thanking Hunter for arranging a meeting with then-Vice President Joe Biden, have been authenticated. These intelligence officials knew – or should have known – that their claims were false. They deliberately misled the American public at a crucial moment in a presidential election, using their credentials to give weight to a partisan lie.

A Reckoning for the Deep State

The security clearance revocations extend beyond just the Hunter Biden letter signatories. Former prosecutors who targeted Trump, including Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (who secured 34 felony convictions against Trump for alleged business record falsification) and New York AG Letitia James (who pursued civil fraud charges against Trump), have also lost their clearances. This represents a comprehensive effort to prevent those who have demonstrated political bias against the president from accessing sensitive information.

Of course, the establishment media is already crying foul, calling these actions an “abuse of power” and “retaliation.” But where was their outrage when intelligence officials abused their positions to interfere in a presidential election? When Biden broke precedent by denying Trump access to intelligence briefings? When partisan prosecutors targeted Trump with endless lawfare? The hypocrisy is stunning but entirely predictable from a media establishment that functions as little more than the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party.