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'Trump stripping the security clearances of numerous antagonists —
including NY AG Letitia James, DA Alvin Bragg'

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'President Trump has ordered security clearances stripped from a new hit
list of antagonists.

Just days after revoking Joe Biden’s access to classified information
and secure federal buildings — “because I don’t trust him” — Trump said
his new top target is ex-Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who
orchestrated the “Dirty 51” letter from former intelligence officials on the eve of the 2020 election.

The infamous missive falsely claimed that Hunter Biden’s laptop, the
contents of which The Post revealed, was Russian disinformation.

Blinken’s security clearances will be revoked, following the same presidential directive aimed at Biden and the 51 ex-spooks last week,
Trump told The Post in an exclusive interview.

“Bad guy. Take away his passes,” he said of Blinken.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs an executive
order to create a US sovereign wealth fund, in the Oval Office of the
White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump has ordered a new hit list of antagonists that
will have their security clearances revoked.
AFP via Getty Images

Even as Trump scores numerous victories in White House return — don’t forget the whistleblowers
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to Air Force One after
arriving back at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.
Miranda Devine: Trump is sending the Deep State to the outhouse as he
cleans house at the FBI and DOJ
“This is to take away every right they have [revoking security
clearances] including they can’t go into [federal] buildings.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg join the new group of eight Democrat foes Trump plans to
punish by revoking any access to classified information and barring
their entry to federal facilities.

The president said they all will be given “exactly the same” punishment
as Biden and the Dirty 51 as part of his administration’s vow to hold government officials accountable for actions he regards as election interference or the mishandling of classified information.

Bragg prosecuted Trump last year in the so-called “hush money” case and James brought a civil fraud case against the president for supposedly exaggerating his wealth when applying for bank loans.

The move is regarded as more symbolic than consequential for the New
York lawfare duo.

President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on July 16, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Trump announced on Friday that he revoked President Joe Biden’s security clearances.
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But it could hamper them in carrying out their official duties by
prohibiting them from entering courthouses, prisons, and law enforcement facilities in Foley Square in lower Manhattan, including the Thurgood
Marshall and Daniel Patrick Moynihan courthouses, the Metropolitan
Correctional Center, and the Jacob Javits Federal Building which houses
the FBI’s New York field office.

They also will not be able to set foot in the US Attorney’s offices for
the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, in Manhattan and
Brooklyn.

“It’s more an insult and a slap in the face than a real deterrent,” said attorney Bob Costello, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who
testified as a defense witness in Trump’s hush-money trial in Manhattan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the 2023 Munich Security
Conference (MSC) on February 18, 2023 in Munich, Germany.
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Ex-Secretary of State Antony Blinken is now Trump’s newest top target as
he orchestrated the “Dirty 51” letter from former intelligence officials
on the eve of the 2020 election.
Getty Images
The other targets Trump disclosed to The Post include Biden’s former
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who also was chief foreign
policy adviser to Hillary Clinton during her failed 2016 presidential
bid when he notoriously helped foment the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.

Also in Trump’s sights are Biden’s Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco,
who was involved in overseeing lawfare investigations against Trump and coordinating the DOJ response to the Jan. 6 riot.

She also helped orchestrate the Russia hoax while working as an aide to President Obama.

Attorney General Letitia James presents the findings of an independent investigation into accusations by multiple women that New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed them on August 3, 2021 in New York City. Independent investigators Joon H. Kim and Anne L. Clark concluded that
the Governor sexually harassed multiple women.
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In addition to targeting Blinken, New York Attorney General Letitia
James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will also have their
security clearances revoked.
Getty Images
Next in line are anti-Trumpers Andrew Weissman, the lead prosecutor in
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russiagate investigation of Trump, who frequently maligns the former president in his role as an MNBC
contributor; lawyer Mark Zaid, who represented Eric Ciaramella, the CIA
analyst identified as the whistleblower in Trump’s impeachment in 2019
over a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; and Norm
Eisen, special counsel to the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee
during the impeachment.

Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore says Trump’s action is largely
symbolic and hard to enforce, especially on New York officials.

But it will have a “major impact” on Zaid’s legal practice “because he fashions himself as a national security lawyer.”

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference following the arraignment of former U.S. President Donald Trump April 4,
2023 in New York City.
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Last year, Bragg prosecuted Trump in the “hush money” case, while James brought a civil fraud case against the president for allegedly
exaggerating his wealth in order to apply for bank loans.
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“He’s a whacky partisan guy [who] tweeted after Trump was inaugurated
that it was time for a coup. He makes his money during Republican [presidencies] by going against the administration.”

Trump last week cut off Biden’s access to the daily intelligence
briefings normally afforded former presidents, before stripping his
security clearances, telling The Post he doesn’t “trust” his predecessor with such sensitive information.

“I don’t trust him. He’s not worthy of trust … To safeguard national security,”

He told the Post his administration had no plans to investigate his predecessor, while noting that Biden did not pardon himself when he
pardoned his son Hunter and six other family members.

“I wouldn’t do it specifically. If something comes up, he’s certainly prime time for investigation. … It’s not good what he did to our
country. I mean, all of this work we’re doing now with getting [illegal aliens] out, finding murderers on the street. … all of this that we’re doing is because of him allowing people to come into our country.'

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