Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced
Summary
1. The Hook: Revokes security clearances for 51 named signers of a 2020 public statement. The bill would bar those people from future clearances and require federal investigators to examine their involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop matter and any engagement with the Biden presidential campaign.
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2. The Impact:
- The 51 listed individuals who signed the “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails” (October 19, 2020) would have their security clearances revoked within 24 hours of enactment and could not be granted or renewed.
- The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General would be required to investigate those individuals’ roles in the Hunter Biden laptop matter and any contacts with the Biden presidential campaign.
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Revoke clearances and require investigations
This bill would require revoking security clearances within 24 hours for the people named in subsection (c) who signed the October 19, 2020 statement. Those people could not get new or renewed security clearances. The bill would also direct the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General to investigate those named people about the Hunter Biden laptop matter and their contacts with the Biden presidential campaign. Subsection (c) lists 51 named individuals and ends with a final token "<all>".
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
AZ • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
OH • R
Sponsored 1/3/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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