CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on President Donald Trump calling for the firing of Microsoft's Lisa Monaco, an executive who spent four years as deputy attorney general under former President Joe Biden.

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Former President Donald Trump has publicly called for Microsoft to terminate Lisa Monaco, who was recently hired as the company's president of global affairs. Trump criticized Monaco for her previous role as deputy attorney general under President Biden and her involvement in high-profile investigations, including those into Russian interference and the events of January 6.

Trump's statement claims Monaco poses a national security risk due to her access to sensitive information and notes that her security clearances have been revoked. The move places Microsoft in a challenging position, as the company has significant contracts with the US government. It is uncommon for former senior officials to lose their security clearances after leaving government, and such actions can impact their private sector employment opportunities.

Trump calls for firing of Microsoft's global affairs president

Melissa President Trump here creating a potential political problem for Microsoft Posting on social media just a short time ago a lengthy attack on Lisa Monaco who is the deputy attorney general under President Biden? President Trump blames Monaco for her involvement in the Russia investigation the January 6th Investigation and a whole host of other things and in a lengthy post about her which he just put up He says this he says Monaco has been shockingly hired as the president of global affairs for Microsoft in a very senior role with access to highly sensitive information Monaco's having that kind of access is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to stand. She is a menace to US national security Especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States government Because of Monaco's many wrongful acts the US government recently stripped her of all security Clearances took away all of her access to national security intelligence and banned her from all federal properties It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco. So Obviously a very tough situation For Microsoft now, we've reached out to them. They don't have any immediate response for us here We'll reach out to Monaco as well But you can imagine this puts Microsoft certainly on the defensive politically and Lisa Monaco Certainly on the defensive personally the question is, you know, what is Microsoft going to do about this? It reminds me a little bit of the Jimmy Kimmel situation for Disney that do you stand up to a president who's demanding firings? Or do you say you know what? Let's let's move this person out of the way and live to fight another day It's a really challenging situation now for Microsoft just one question You may or may not know the answer Raymond. I apologize in advance We're all those clearances removed because she no longer works for the administration's is no longer government of employee No So what President Trump has been doing with a lot of national security officials who serve for but serve with Biden Is going after them for their involvement in the January 6 investigation or in the Russia investigation before that and stripping them of their of their security clearances, that's highly unusual and Vindictive I mean it is the president going after these people because he has the perception that they went after him Typically when somebody leaves a very high Senior position like that in the national security establishment like deputy attorney general They keep their security clearances pretty much indefinitely as long as they keep them active And that allows people who are former officials to work as consultants and other things can be very lucrative For them to continue to have that national security access Without it they can be unable to do a lot of jobs that they're qualified for in the private sector So this hits Lisa Monaco where it hurts, which is her earnings potential and then you know Potentially causes a problem for Microsoft as well It's highly unusual President Trump has been doing this because he feels a sense of vindictiveness against these Biden era officials And now he's you know targeting them one by one as we saw with James Comey and the indictment there And now this with Lisa Monaco You

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