GOP lawmakers are pushing to pass a new bill that will strip Hillary Clinton of any security clearances she currently holds. Republicans petitioned the administration on Thursday in order to have Hillary’s access to secret information revoked, warning that if the intelligence community fail to do it they will pass a bill in order to do it themselves. Washingtontimes.com reports: The White House has said it won’t deny Mrs. Clinton access, saying it is a tradition for both the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees to be briefed so they can effect an orderly transition if they are elected. But Republicans said Mrs. Clinton’s behavior with her private email server while secretary of state was so egregious that it should trump tradition and cost her the chance to see secret, sensitive material. They cited FBI Director James Comey’s admonition that while Mrs. Clinton’s behavior wasn’t criminal, it was “extremely careless” and would likely result in sanctions that could include loss of security privileges. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper officially asking him not to grant Mrs. Clinton the traditional briefings. A high-powered group of Senate Republicans went further, asking that Mrs. Clinton’s [...]
