House Intel Democrats launch probe into Trump revocation of security clearances [View all]

Source: The Hill

09/08/25 5:53 PM ET


Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday launched a probe into the Trump administration’s decision to revoke 37 officials’ security clearances, and questioned the rationale behind listing them publicly.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard last month stripped clearances from a number of current and former intelligence officials who have ties to the Biden administration or have spoken out against Trump policies. Gabbard, without evidence, accused those listed of politicizing or leaking intelligence or “committing intentional egregious violations of tradecraft standards.”

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the panel, asked for “the specific evidence” behind each of the revocations. “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. It is hard to imagine an issue more deserving of congressional oversight and corrective action,” Himes wrote in a letter to Gabbard signed by all Democratic members on the panel.

“If, however, these revocations occurred outside of established process and don’t reflect fundamental risk, an immense amount of IC knowledge and capability has been lost.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5492671-democrats-security-clearance-revocation-investigation/