President Trump called for Microsoft to fire Lisa Monaco, former President Biden\u2019s No. 2 Justice Department official, who was recently appointed as the company\u2019s chief of global affairs.<\/p>\n
In a post on Truth Social on Friday<\/a>, Trump called Monaco \u201ccorrupt and totally deranged\u201d and, citing national security concerns, called for her to be terminated from her role.<\/p>\n \u201cMonaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information. Monaco\u2019s having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government,\u201d he continued. \u201cBecause of Monaco\u2019s many wrongful acts, the U.S. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco,\u201d the president added, signing his name at the end of the post.<\/p>\n Microsoft declined to comment on the story.<\/p>\n Monaco, as Biden\u2019s deputy attorney general, was closely involved in the federal investigations into Trump\u2019s role in the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and into his mishandling of classified documents.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Trump rescinded Monaco\u2019s security clearance, along with that of other former political opponents, including Biden.<\/p>\n The push for Microsoft to terminate the former high-ranking Justice Department official comes a day after a federal grand jury indicted<\/a> former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making a false statement, as well as another for obstruction of a congressional proceeding in connection with testimony he gave before the Senate in 2020. Comey has maintained<\/a> his innocence, stating that he never knowingly gave false testimony before Congress.<\/p>\n