Did Trump lose his security clearance when Biden became president?

[Lakhota]

If so, that makes the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago even more seriously illegal. Does anyone know for sure?

Do ex Presidents keep their high level of security clearance after they leave office?

Answer (1 of 19): The President of the United States actually does not have any security clearance per se. As the chief of state, the President doesn’t need a security clearance because the President is the underlying authority from which clearance flows in the first place. Conversely, that autho...

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[1srelluc]

It's up to the sitting POTUS.

Whether or not former officials keep their eligibility and access to classified information is another issue more grounded in tradition than policy. It is common for outgoing presidents and officials to be ‘read in’ on issues and topics where their prior position and expertise are useful. This is at the discretion of the current sitting president. That means that any access to classified information a former president or government official obtains has to be granted.

 

[whitehall]

No, they don't revoke a former president's security clearance when he leaves office. He might not have the "need to know" in ultra secure issues but it makes no difference. I wonder if anyone panicked or considered searching Clinton's home when he "lost" the nuclear launch codes?

 

[Zincwarrior]

If so, that makes the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago even more seriously illegal. Does anyone know for sure?

Do ex Presidents keep their high level of security clearance after they leave office?

Answer (1 of 19): The President of the United States actually does not have any security clearance per se. As the chief of state, the President doesn’t need a security clearance because the President is the underlying authority from which clearance flows in the first place. Conversely, that autho...

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Yes. He has no clearance unless reinstated.

 

[Lakhota]

No, they don't revoke a former president's security clearance when he leaves office. He might not have the "need to know" in ultra secure issues but it makes no difference. I wonder if anyone panicked or considered searching Clinton's home when he "lost" the nuclear launch codes?

Got any proof?

 

[Calypso Jones]

No...former presidents do not lose their security clearance... I would like to know why Humper Biden had access to security clearance areas while daddy was Veep.

Wow! Veep Biden secretly sent government emails to Hunter

If it weren't for a corrupt mainstream media establishment working hand in hand with a totalitarian social media infrastructure, Hunter Biden's hard drive would have destroyed his father's candidacy and ought to result in Biden getting ho...

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[Lakhota]

Yes. He has no clearance unless reinstated.

Thank you! I don't foresee President Biden ever allowing Trump's clearance to be reinstated.

 

[Calypso Jones]

Then the same thing will happen to Biden when he is out on his demented butt.

 

[Auld Phart]

If so, that makes the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago even more seriously illegal. Does anyone know for sure?

Do ex Presidents keep their high level of security clearance after they leave office?

Answer (1 of 19): The President of the United States actually does not have any security clearance per se. As the chief of state, the President doesn’t need a security clearance because the President is the underlying authority from which clearance flows in the first place. Conversely, that autho...

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why would he?


Did Clinton? Bush, Obama?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Then the same thing will happen to Biden when he is out on his demented butt.

Yes. And?

 

[Magnus]

No, they don't revoke a former president's security clearance when he leaves office. He might not have the "need to know" in ultra secure issues but it makes no difference. I wonder if anyone panicked or considered searching Clinton's home when he "lost" the nuclear launch codes?

When Clinton lost the nuclear code, he was living in the White House. Are you saying that he panicked that someone would search the WH?

Next time, think it through before posting. Will help you look less of a fool.

 

[berg80]

If so, that makes the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago even more seriously illegal. Does anyone know for sure?

Do ex Presidents keep their high level of security clearance after they leave office?

Answer (1 of 19): The President of the United States actually does not have any security clearance per se. As the chief of state, the President doesn’t need a security clearance because the President is the underlying authority from which clearance flows in the first place. Conversely, that autho...

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I was just looking for info on that question myself. I recall Biden ordered that Trump no longer receive intel briefings.

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’​

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’ (Published 2021)

President Biden said there was “no need” for former President Donald J. Trump to get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and to keep them informed if their advice is needed.

www.nytimes.com

I don't think he took his security clearance away but I'm not sure.

 

[Cougarbear]

If so, that makes the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago even more seriously illegal. Does anyone know for sure?

Do ex Presidents keep their high level of security clearance after they leave office?

Answer (1 of 19): The President of the United States actually does not have any security clearance per se. As the chief of state, the President doesn’t need a security clearance because the President is the underlying authority from which clearance flows in the first place. Conversely, that autho...

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No. But all the documents were out before Biden was sworn in as President. The very movement of the documents moved from the White House is an act of declassification by the President and he did this prior to leaving office. Presidents don't have to get anyone's approval to declassify. The reason why Hillary Clinton's was illegal is she wasn't President. And, she was still Secretary of State when she moved classified documents to her home on her illegal server. Garland and Rey need to go to prison.

 

[Cougarbear]

I was just looking for info on that question myself. I recall Biden ordered that Trump no longer receive intel briefings.

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’​

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’ (Published 2021)

President Biden said there was “no need” for former President Donald J. Trump to get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and to keep them informed if their advice is needed.

www.nytimes.com

I don't think he took his security clearance away but I'm not sure.

That was after Biden took office. The materials in question were taken out before Trump left office and Biden was sworn in. The mere removal from the White House is a legal act of declassification. This is a nothing burger, again. Pathetic Democrats...

 

[Lesh]

I was just looking for info on that question myself. I recall Biden ordered that Trump no longer receive intel briefings.

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’​

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’ (Published 2021)

President Biden said there was “no need” for former President Donald J. Trump to get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and to keep them informed if their advice is needed.

www.nytimes.com

I don't think he took his security clearance away but I'm not sure.

He deferred to the NARA

 

[Lesh]

That was after Biden took office. The materials in question were taken out before Trump left office and Biden was sworn in. The mere removal from the White House is a legal act of declassification. This is a nothing burger, again. Pathetic Democrats...

It’s a legal act… while President. It is not inherently a declassification

 

[berg80]

Trump’s secret papers and the ‘myth’ of presidential security clearance​

Said Priess: “There’s a myth out there that presidents have a formal security clearance. They don’t.”
The “commander in chief has the ability to classify or declassify documents,” Priess said, by virtue of having been elected president by the American people. “A former president might receive access to limited classified material after leaving office to assist with writing memoirs or at the discretion of the current president, but a formal security clearance isn’t involved.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/25/trump-classified-legal/

 

[Cougarbear]

It’s a legal act… while President. It is not inherently a declassification

Yes, it is. That's why this goes nowhere.

 

[Lesh]

Yes, it is. That's why this goes nowhere.

Nope.

 

[Cougarbear]

I was just looking for info on that question myself. I recall Biden ordered that Trump no longer receive intel briefings.

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’​

Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’ (Published 2021)

President Biden said there was “no need” for former President Donald J. Trump to get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and to keep them informed if their advice is needed.

www.nytimes.com

I don't think he took his security clearance away but I'm not sure.

Erratic Behavior??? Out of the mouth of the most erratic President of all time?