Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) urged President Donald Trump on Saturday to immediately rescind John Bolton’s security clearance.
As Trump’s former national security adviser, Bolton holds a top security clearance, meaning he is privy to extremely sensitive intelligence that only a small number of senior-level government officials have authorization to see, hear, or access.
But Paul wants that privilege revoked.
No one, especially not John Bolton, should be able to use their security clearance for profit! I say revoke his clearance now @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/nH0qyrwEYe
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 1, 2020
“No one, especially not John Bolton, should be able to use their security clearance for profit! I say revoke his clearance now @realDonaldTrump,” the Kentucky senator tweeted.
Paul linked to a RealClearPolitics news story that reported that Bolton’s security clearance is in jeopardy of being revoked after Trump’s impeachment trial concludes. – READ MORE