House Democrats probe Trump admin's revocation of dozens of security clearances

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday launched a probe into the Trump administration revoking security clearances for dozens of officials and the rationale for publishing the list.

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard last month revoked the security clearance for 37 former and current intelligence officials over the Russiagate scandal. Gabbard claimed at the time that the officials, including a former top aide to former President Barack Obama's DNI James Clapper, abused public trust with their participation in the scandal.

House Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes asked Gabbard in a letter for the specific evidence behind each decision and questioned whether protocol was followed for the revocations, including if those on the list were given advance notice.

“If there is evidence of misconduct to warrant revoking the clearances of these 37 individuals, some of whom were senior IC officers at the time of your memo, it would indicate a systemic issue in the granting of security clearances," Himes wrote. "It is hard to imagine an issue more deserving of congressional oversight and corrective action. 

“If, however, these revocations occurred outside of established process and don’t reflect fundamental risk, an immense amount of [Intelligence Community] knowledge and capability has been lost," he added.

Himes said the list included one person who was working undercover and two other people who are currently employed as congressional staffers. 

Gabbard has not publicly commented on the letter.

The full list of people impacted by last month's order can be viewed here.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.