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I'm curious about the intelligence briefing part. Given Trump's apparent lack of a filter, providing him with on-going intelligence briefings would appear to be a security risk. If he is not actually impeached, is this something that the incoming administration can withhold? As I recall Trump took steps to have security clearances torn up when people spoke out against him. Can an ex-President's security clearance be taken away without an impeachment?
Ex-Presidents are routinely briefed.
Jay Dwight
Exactly.
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Jay Dwight
Removal from office, quickly is crucial IMO.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/polit...ats/index.html
Trump is obviously briefed on this stuff, and if he is not big enough to go on national television and tell the entire country to stand down, and make it clear that he will under no circumstances be the president on the afternoon of Jan 20 - then he needs to be removed so those same people can see that there is no hope. His refusal to tell his idiot followers to stand down is shameful and treasonous. We dont need any more violence."They were talking about 4,000 armed 'patriots' to surround the Capitol and prevent any Democrat from going in," Rep. Conor Lamb, a Pennsylvania Democrat, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day." "They have published rules of engagement, meaning when you shoot and when you don't. So this is an organized group that has a plan. They are committed to doing what they're doing because I think in their minds, you know, they are patriots and they're talking about 1776 and so this is now a contest of wills."
The ground continues to shift: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01...25th-amendment
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Well said, GOP Rep. Liz Cheney
"On January 6, 2021 a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol to obstruct the process of our democracy and stop the counting of presidential electoral votes. This insurrection caused injury, death and destruction in the most sacred space in our Republic.
Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.
I will vote to impeach the President."
Technically in any position that requires a clearance, once that position ends, so does the clearance unless you move into another position that requires a clearance. With any clearance, "need to know" is part of the rules, so just because you have a top secret clearance for example, doesn't mean you can get access to any information (including less than your clearance level- top secret clearance can't access secret information outside their projects/work for example), beyond your specific scope of work/responsibility.
However, ex-presidents and I *believe* senators and congressmen can still be provided with classified information on a need to know basis without a clearance. Trump will most likely continue to receive classified information about potential threats to him and his family, however beyond that, most likely nothing. He could be consulted as an expert with unique insight, but the chances of any of the next administrations doing that seems pretty slim.
Everyone who has a clearance knows there are severe penalties for breaking the rules, (unless you're Hilary Clinton, but that's another topic altogether and very irksome to anyone who's had a clearance, but I digress).
Should Trump disclose absolutely any classified information for the remainder of his lifetime (including declassified publicly available information) he will be subject to prosecution.
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