EXCLUSIVE: White House Refuses House Oversight Committees Info Request On Rob Porter

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By Cameron Joseph | March 8, 2018 9:29 pm

The White House is refusing to comply with a request from House Oversight Committee’s Republican chairman for information on how top staffer Rob Porter was allowed to work with an interim security clearance in spite of accusations of domestic abuse.

White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) politely neglecting to cooperate with their demands for information on how and why Porter was allowed to continue to work as White House staff secretary, a senior position, for months after the FBI had informed senior White House staff of allegations of spousal abuse. The letter was obtained by TPM Thursday evening, shortly after the committee received it.

“Consistent with your letters’ requests, we would be pleased to update you and others on the progress of the working group at the appropriate time,” Short writes to Gowdy at the end of the letter after detailing what the White House is doing differently now on security clearance procedures, a courteous way of ignoring Gowdy’s specific requests on what the White House’s procedures were at the time and who knew what when about Porter.

The letter, included below, comes in response to a Feb. 14 letter from Gowdy demanding information on when exactly the White House was informed by the FBI about the “potential derogatory or disqualifying information” found in Porter’s background check. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders falsely claimed that the White House didn’t know of the domestic abuse allegations against Porter until just days before he was fired in February, but FBI Director Christopher Wray testified shortly afterward that the White House had been informed of the allegations multiple times last year. Officials from President Trump and Kelly on down had defended him as allegations from two ex-wives against Porter went public.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/white-house-refuses-house-oversight-committees-info-request-on-rob-porter

[Angry Dragon]

1. The House of TRAITORS

[Roy Rolling]

2. Polite?

Here's the gist of the response: "Fu*k you, Congress".

They exploit separation of powers/checks and balances, the GOP Congress doesn't. Right or wrong, this Congress is the Washington Generals of the separation of powers/balance of power game.

[Ligyron]

3. They need to flat out subpoena Kelly on this along with any related documents.

[riversedge]

4. It is your move Gowdy!

[poboy2]

5. Keep hammering -nt

[duforsure]

6. None of them could pass a security clearance there,

including trump.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[magicarpet]

7. We don't like scrutiny, we don't need oversight.....

..... let's talk about something happy and fun....

Did you hear tRump is soon to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize ?