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President pressured staff to grant security clearance to Ivanka Trump
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump pressured his then-chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn to grant his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump a security clearance against their recommendations, three people familiar with the matter told CNN.
The President's crusade to grant clearances to his daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, rankled West Wing officials.
While Trump has the legal authority to grant clearances, most instances are left up to the White House personnel security office, which determines whether a staffer should be granted one after the FBI has conducted a background check. But after concerns were raised by the personnel office, Trump pushed Kelly and McGahn to make the decision on his daughter and son-in-law's clearances so it did not appear as if he was tainting the process to favor his family, sources told CNN. After both refused, Trump granted them their security clearances.
The development comes on the heels of Thursday's New York Times report that President Trump ordered Kelly to grant Kushner a top secret security clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials. The President has denied he had any role in Kushner receiving a clearance.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/05/politics/ivanka-trump-security-clearance-pressure/index.html
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump pressured his then-chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn to grant his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump a security clearance against their recommendations, three people familiar with the matter told CNN.
The President's crusade to grant clearances to his daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, rankled West Wing officials.
While Trump has the legal authority to grant clearances, most instances are left up to the White House personnel security office, which determines whether a staffer should be granted one after the FBI has conducted a background check. But after concerns were raised by the personnel office, Trump pushed Kelly and McGahn to make the decision on his daughter and son-in-law's clearances so it did not appear as if he was tainting the process to favor his family, sources told CNN. After both refused, Trump granted them their security clearances.
The development comes on the heels of Thursday's New York Times report that President Trump ordered Kelly to grant Kushner a top secret security clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials. The President has denied he had any role in Kushner receiving a clearance.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/05/politics/ivanka-trump-security-clearance-pressure/index.html
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Incoming! "President pressured staff to grant security clearance to Ivanka Trump" (Original Post)
MelissaB
Mar 2019
OP
I suspect this House initiative by Rep. Ted Lieu will catch her in its web....
KY_EnviroGuy
Mar 2019
#7
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)1. Asked for comment...
Asked for comment, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said, "We don't comment on security clearances."
"We cannot respond to every anonymous source," she added.
Kelly could not be reached for comment. McGahn declined to comment for this story.
"We cannot respond to every anonymous source," she added.
Kelly could not be reached for comment. McGahn declined to comment for this story.
manor321
(3,344 posts)2. Whoo boy. Subpoena Kelly NOW!
babylonsister
(170,956 posts)3. Excellent! Truth will hopefully eventually disenfect. nt
Blue Owl
(49,902 posts)4. And here I thought, like any American, she'd want to work for it...
watoos
(7,142 posts)5. Will have to subpoena Kelly and McGahn,
because the White House isn't going to provide any documents.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)6. Donny has dreams of her being president some day.....
while we have dreams of her in a standard-issue orange jumpsuit very soon.......
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)7. I suspect this House initiative by Rep. Ted Lieu will catch her in its web....
(click on document photo in the Tweet to see a readable version)
Link to tweet
Text:
Rep. Ted Lieu @RepTedLieu
Why does #JaredKushner still have a security clearance? Now we know the answer. @POTUS ordered it over the objections of our intelligence officials. Together with @RepDonBeyer we're calling on @TheJusticeDept to open a criminal investigation. More here: https://bit.ly/2SJ6Lph .
Why does #JaredKushner still have a security clearance? Now we know the answer. @POTUS ordered it over the objections of our intelligence officials. Together with @RepDonBeyer we're calling on @TheJusticeDept to open a criminal investigation. More here: https://bit.ly/2SJ6Lph .
Read more on these measures here: https://lieu.house.gov/
...........