And you fail to answer my question.Your entire argument seems to be (to give an example) Hillary Clinton isn't Secreatry of state so thus she shouldn't have cleareance but she does! But she IS a "researcher" and that should make it ok but it seems you call that corruption anyway. So where the hell is the line? Is it "Anyone who once had a job in goverment but lost it/quit/retired should never have their clearance again for any reasons."? Or is it "Those consultant/researcher jobs are fake and how the corruption works."?
If people wanted Hillary Clinton to have access to US government resources then they would have voted to make her president. Need I remind you, that didn't happen, and so therefore if she has no government position and she has no government contract, she shouldn't be doing jackshit within the government. Unfortunately, our government is needlessly corrupt, and allows all sorts of people to do things that shouldn't be doing them.
Most people DID want her to have access to US government resources. They just didn't win most of the counties in America. But in fairness, no one voted for her to be Secretary of State so the will of the people is kinda irrelevant.
Second: We don't know what Hillary does as a "researcher" or Comey as a "Consultant". What we can reasonably infur is that Trump believes it's worth keeping them as such either because he determined it or because someone convinced him. Either way, he'd have cut their jobs in an instant as a play for his base.
"Just found out Crooked Hillary was still sucking money at fake job given by Obama. Hillary: You're Fired!" would have made a spectacular tweet.
We don't know what these people do. Maybe nothing. Maybe they're just "experts on call". Maybe they give the current job holder a 20 page report every day.
But I will agree that if they do nothing of value, then they have no need for the clearance. If they have a job given only because they're freinds (nepotism) then I will call that corruption. But until then, I'm just gonna give them the benefit of the doubt.