President Donald Trump revoked the security clearances of several high-profile individuals through a presidential memorandum issued on March 21, 2025. The list, described by some as political opponents, includes:
- Joe Biden, former President, and "any other member" of his family
- Kamala Harris, former Vice President
- Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State
- Antony Blinken, former Secretary of State
- Jake Sullivan, former National Security Adviser
- Lisa Monaco, former Deputy Attorney General
- Letitia James, New York Attorney General
- Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney
- Liz Cheney,former Wyoming Representative
- Adam Kinzinger, former Illinois Representative
- Fiona Hill, former White House Russia expert
- Alexander Vindman, Retired Lieutenant Colonel and former National Security Council official
- Norman Eisen, lawyer involved in Trump’s first impeachment
- Mark Zaid, National security lawyer
- Andrew Weissmann, former Justice Department prosecutor
Additionally, Trump previously revoked clearances for others, including: Christopher Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director, and Miles Taylor, former Homeland Security official, on April 9, 2025.
Security clearance was also revoked in January 2025 for over 50 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter suggesting Hunter Biden’s laptop story could be Russian disinformation.
John Bolton, former National Security Adviser, and Anthony Fauci, former Chief Medical Adviser, had their clearance revoked in separate earlier actions.
These security clearance revocations follow a precedent set when Biden revoked Trump’s clearance in 2021 citing "erratic behavior." The move is largely symbolic for some, as former officials don’t always retain active clearances, but it could limit access to classified briefings or government facilities.