On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order to revoke the clearances of 51 national security officials who, in October 2020, signed the Hunter Biden laptop letter that falsely suggested that the news story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign. The executive order reads, “In the closing weeks of the 2020 Presidential campaign, at least 51 former intelligence officials coordinated with the Biden campaign to issue a letter discrediting the reporting that President Joseph R. Biden’s son had abandoned his laptop at a computer repair business. Signatories of the letter falsely suggested that the news story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.”

Elections have consequences. With power comes action and also results. The president has started to remove people who are part of the deep state, which has prevented and blocked the administration from continuing to execute the people’s agenda, which he was elected to do.

However, no action has been taken against several national security officials who, in September 2019, signed a national security action letter calling for impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Some of the letter’s signatories are still entrenched in government or work for government contractors. These individuals are akin to sleeper cells, representing the deep state, which will continue to hamper efforts to create an administration more fully in sync with the president’s “America First” agenda. A number of the signatories include former officials who are still working as executives of government services companies based in the Washington area that hold top secret clearances and oversee mission-critical national services for the U.S. government despite voicing and writing op-eds criticizing the current president.

To ensure that the president is able to implement his “America First” agenda free of interference, the administration would be wise to revoke the security clearances of anyone remotely associated with efforts to undermine President Trump during his first term.