During his campaign last year, President Donald Trump regularly pledged to scorched earth war against what his supporters decry as the "deep state."

Evidence that the president is following through on the promise came this weekend when he terminated the security clearances of multiple figures. 

Trump says former Secretary of State Antony Blinken is a "bad guy"

According to Fox News, the individuals include Antony Blinken, who served as secretary of State under former President Joe Biden.

Trump justified the revocation during an interview with the New York Post, stating that Blinken is a "bad guy," adding, "I don't trust him."

What's more, Trump also revoked security clearances from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Bragg successfully prosecuted Trump for falsification of business records while James secured a massive civil fraud judgment against the president.

"No need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information"

Others who lost their security clearances were former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco along with attorneys Andrew Weissmann, Mark Zaid and Norm Eisen.

Trump removes Antony Blinken, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg's security clearances among others https://t.co/uQfcj3x13Y

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 8, 2025

Fox News noted that the termination of security clearances for Blinken, Bragg, James, Sullivan, Monaco, Weissmann, Zaid, and Eisen came just one day after Trump made a similar decision regarding his predecessor.

"There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information," Fox News quoted Trump as writing in a Truth Social post on Friday night.

"He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents," Trump recalled.

Authors of laptop letter previously lost their security clearances

What's more, Fox News reported that one of the president's first acts upon taking office last month was to revoke security clearances from 51 former national security officials.

Among them were former director of National Intelligence James Clapper Jr., former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden, John Brennan, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

The figures in question had signed onto a letter in 2020 which alleged that reports on Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop bore "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

However, the laptop was later authenticated by mainstream media outlet and some polls suggest that suppression of the story likely influenced voters.