Trump considering revoking ex-Obama officials' clearance
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of a half dozen former Obama administration officials, a move that critics say would be an unprecedented politicization of the clearance process.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president is "exploring the mechanisms" to strip clearance from former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director Jim Comey and former top national security officials James Clapper, Michael Hayden, Susan Rice and Andrew McCabe.
Sanders accused the officials of having "politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances" by "making baseless accusations of improper contact with Russia or being influenced by Russia."
"The fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence," she said.
