President Donald Trump explained Tuesday why he signed an executive order revoking security clearance for dozens of intelligence officials, including his former National Security Adviser John Bolton, questioning why some government officials should have such clearances after they no longer are employed.

“I think there was enough time,” Trump said, according to The Hill. “We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job, we’re not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives. Why should we?”

Trump’s executive order focused on 51 intelligence officials who signed a letter claiming before the 2020 election that a New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation. Bolton, who has been a fervent critic of Trump, wasn’t among the signatories, but the president still had choice words for him.

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