Trump revokes security clearance for Antony Blinken, calling him a ‘bad guy’
President also plans to remove clearance for Letitia James and Alvin Bragg, New York officials who prosecuted him
Donald Trump said he had ordered that the security clearances of Antony Blinken, the now former secretary of state, be revoked just days after doing the same to Joe Biden late on Friday.
In an interview with the New York Post published over the weekend, the US president confirmed he would withdraw Blinken’s security clearance, calling him a “bad guy”.
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