Exhibit 871

Executive Order 14152, Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information

Exhibit 871 · Executive order

Executive Order 14152, Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information

The signatories willfully weaponized the gravitas of the Intelligence Community to manipulate the political process and undermine our democratic institutions.

Directs revocation of active security clearances held by the former intelligence officials who signed the 2020 letter and by John R. Bolton. Section 1 states that at least 51 former officials 'coordinated with the Biden campaign' to issue the letter and that the letter was sent to the CIA Prepublication Classification Review Board before release. Published in the Federal Register 29 January 2025 (90 FR 8343).

Source: Office of the President
Date: 20 January 2025
Quoted from: Sec. 1, 90 FR 8343
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-29/pdf/2025-01954.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding POL-7.15: Primary record A letter published on 19 October 2020 by former senior intelligence officials, counted at 51 in Executive Order 14152, said the Hunter Biden emails had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation" and said the signers "do not have evidence of Russian involvement." On 20 January 2025 the order directed revocation of the signers' security clearances and stated that they "willfully weaponized the gravitas of the Intelligence Community to manipulate the political process and undermine our democratic institutions."