Trump Suspends Security Clearances of 51 Intel Officials

President Donald Trump, following his swearing-in ceremony Monday, signed an executive order that revoked 51 former intelligence officials from possessing government-issued security clearances.

The Details: All but one of the officials losing access to clearances were signatories of the letter which asserted without evidence the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. John Bolton, the only one not a signatory, was Trump’s former national security advisor until being fired and going on to author a book about his time in the Trump White House.

How The Media Covered It: Media from left to right covered different aspects of the situation. Much of the coverage on the left, like CNN (Lean Left bias) stuck to highlighting details surrounding Trump’s actions, framing them around the idea of political retribution. Perspectives were easier to find from the center and the right. The New York Post Editorial Board (Right) opened their article asserting “Trump was darn right to revoke the security clearance of the 51 Spies Who Lied” expressing that the revocations should be expanded to people such as former Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Others, like Tom Rogan (Center bias), focused primarily on Bolton’s situation, citing the removal of his Secret Service protection as a break from Trump’s inaugural free speech pledge.